Modern Dry Fly Code, First Edition (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. Bates, Pearce (illustrator). First Edition. 1st printing of this 1997 with illustrations by Pearce Bates and a new foreword by Datus C. Proper, with complete number line (first edition THUS). Near fine hardcover with very good dust jacket. Interior appears free of markings. Corners sharp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Unclipped dust jacket has faint rubbing. NOT ex-library. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair-good. First Edition. Octavo, 269pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, very good, in the publisher's blue cloth with very mild edgewear. In a fair to good dust jacket, with several chips, creases, and with a long partial split at the front spine joint, now preserved in an archival jacket protector. A large dampstain on the rear board and panel does not affect the contents.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Green cloth cover has pushed in spine caps but clean, bright, and otherwise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket is lightly toned with modest wear along and top and bottom edge, but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Publisher's price of $10.00 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Pearce Bates (illustrator). 1st Edition. 623 grams. Fifth printing.

Illustrated. (illustrator). Fine copy in the very nice d/j. 8vo., green cloth in dust jacket; 270 pages First Edition. eighth pSigned presentation from Marinaro on the half-title page: "For Kevin O'Malley to fish in this book and catch one that I didnl't get, Vincent C. Marinaro." Illustrated with b/w & color photos plus drawings by Pearce Bates; updated introduction by author; A groundbreaking work originally published by Putnam's in 1950 and reprinted by Crown in trade and deluxe editions 20 years later. With the business card of Yellow Breeches Fly Shop in Boiling SDprings, PA.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 220082 Marinaro, Vincent C.A MODERN DRY-FLY CODE. [FRANK MATARELLI LIBRARY] 8vo illus, by Pearce Bates. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 269 p. 1950. 1st Ed. Hard Cover. . [Cat. 2022] 220082 x- With a wonderfufl inscription on half-titlle: "For Frank Matarelli to share some limestone fishing with me in this book. Vincent C. Marinaro June 17-1976." Very Fine in Fine price-clipped DJ. $210. Inscribed by Author(s).

8vo. Pp: 269. First Edition First Printing. Publisher's blue and white dust jacket with blue and white lettering. Publisher's blue boards lettered in yellow at spine. Black and white illustrations. Inscribed by the author to C. Boyd Pfeiffer [author of 'Shad Fishing' etc.], whose copy this is; "For C. Boyd Pfeiffer, Best of luck. Vincent C. Mariano, on-the-Yellow Breecher [Yellow Breecher Creek, Pennsylvania], Sept. 6, 1963." Very good plus in good dust jacket. Some loss to dust jacket at head and tail of spine. Rubbing wear and three small tears [two measuring approx. 0.4cm, third one in the middle is approx. 1.5cm] to front cover dust jacket along spine. Lighter rubbing wear to front fore-edge of dust jacket with two small tears [approx. 0.2cm]. Three-cornered tear with loss [approx. 0.2cm x 1.7cm] to rear cover dust jacket at top edge. Small three-cornered tear to fore-edge of rear cover dust jacket. Some rubbing wear with a little loss to fore-corners of dust jacket. Previous owner C. Boyd Pfeiffer's ownership signature at fly-leaf and front dust jacket flap.

First Edition. New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1950. First Edition, First State. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2). 269 pp. Text illustrations by Pearce Bates. Inscribed and signed by Vincent Marinaro in the year of publication to a close friend on the half-title page. This book is a leading candidate as the most influential mid-twentieth century work on fly fishing for difficult trout. Mr. Marinaro's dressed his fly patterns with the purpose of capturing precise surface images - matching the natural fly on the water's surface as it drifted into the fish's view. And his ground-breaking research paved the way for a bevy of writers who later aped his discoveries and techniques. This is the first state binding with silver titles on the spine, and it was published with a print run of 500-600 copies, according to the author. Stapled to the inside rear end paper is typed list of fly patterns for use on limestone and freestone streams. The book is bound in light green/grey cloth with silver titles on the spine. Decorated end papers. The book has light fading to the spine, otherwise a very good book and quite scarce signed. Signed by Author.