Salmon Fly Dress Use by Kelson George (79 results)

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Hardcover. Reprinted. Small Quarto, iv, viii, ix, x, xiv, 463 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's rust red cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have extremely light wear. Text block has mild wear including slight age toning and minimal soiling to the edges. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Reprinted. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Quarto and Folio Case. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire about rates. 1398663. FP New Rockville Stock.

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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1995). (1895) 1995 new edition. 8vo (157 x 235mm). Pp16,x,510. 8 colour plates featuring 52 fully dressed flies, mono plates,b/w illustrations. Decorative gilt borders enclosing gilt titles and fly motif in cartouche to front board and spine, light blue cloth. Edges browned, slight use but good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. "If there is one milestone in the whole of salmon fishing literature which no fisherman should be without, it has to be George Mortimer Kelson's The Salmon Fly: how to dress it and how to use it." Justin Knowles. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. SIGNED by John Buckland, who wrote the introduction. Handsome copy. Limited numbered edition of just 60 copies, thus. This is copy number 1. Excellent, like new condition with no significant signs of wear or use. Full leather boards, gilt page edges, marbled endpapers, silk page marker. Includes matching slipcase. Binding is tight and square. Cover corners are square. An exceptional, collector's quality book; gift worthy. Please note: this is not the full "The Salmon Fly." text but rather a separate introduction written specifically to introduce the book. We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally. Signed by Other.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. Pp xiv, 510. Frontis, 8 tissue- guarded, hand-coloured plates of salmon flies, illustrations in the text (some full page). 45 pages of adverts at end. Original cloth, re-cased with new spine and endpapers. Beveled edges. Boards worn. Some soiling internally. A tight, sound copy. Postage at cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. KELSON, George [510] pp. John Culler & Sons 1995 9 1/4" x 6 3/8" The Salmon Fly - How to Dress It and How to Use It is a fly fishing book written by George M. Kelson published in London in 1895 by Messers. Wyman & Sons, Limited. This Victorian guide to fly fish tying built up the illusion that angling for salmon required feathers of exotic bird species.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895 ). 1895 1st edition. 4to (210 x 255mm). Ppxiv,510 + xlv ads. 8 coloured chromolithograph plates featuring 52 fully dressed flies, plain plates, illustrations. Burgundy cloth, gilt title & salmon fly vignettes on spine & upper board, bevelled edges, top edge gilt. Spine evenly faded, end-papers slightly browned & stained, end-paper name - o/w a very good copy. "If there is one milestone in the whole of salmon fishing literature which no fisherman should be without, it has to be George Mortimer Kelson's The Salmon Fly: how to dress it and how to use it." (Justin Knowles, Flyfisher's Classic Library). .

First edition. First edition. With 8 color plates illustrating over 50 flies, numerous text illustrations. 1 vols. 4to. A standard work, beautifully illustrated. Westwood & Satchell Supplement p. 248; Heckscher 1150; Sherwin sales (1946) lot 300, Hampton p. 57; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 47 Original purple cloth titled in gilt, t.e.g. Spine slightly toned, minor rubbing to extremities, endsheets toned, inner hinges starting, else a fine copy. Bookplate With 8 color plates illustrating over 50 flies, numerous text illustrations. 1 vols. 4to.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1995). (1895) 1995 Centenary Edition. 8vo (170 x 243mm). Pplxiv,510 + xlv ads. 8 colour plates featuring 52 fully dressed flies, mono plates. Handsome full leather gilt in presentation box. Some slight signs of use to clamshell presentation box else a fine copy with the initials R.H.L. (previous owner Sir Richard Leigh) to the front. One of 55 de luxe copies incorporating an actual salmon fly of which this is copy number 15. If there is one milestone in the whole of salmon fishing literature which no fisherman should be without, it has to be George Mortimer Kelson's The Salmon Fly: how to dress it and how to use it. When Kelson distilled a lifetime of salmon fishing wisdom into this privately published work, he was bold and confident. He produced a book of 510 pages of text and 46 pages of illustrations plus 8 coloured plates showing 52 flies. This FFCL edition has an extensive Introduction by John Buckland giving an authoritative background to the angling works of G. M. Kelson. Each copy has set into the front cover a salmon fly - tied by the distinguished fly-dresser Kim Rasmussen of Denmark. Since each fly is different, each volume of this Limited Edition is thus unique. Fully bound in royal purple Nigerian goatskin, hand marbled endpapers, gilt edges, raised bands and gold tooling. Presented in a buckram-bound silk lined presentation box titled in gilt. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895 ). 1895 1st edition. 4to (210 x 255mm). Ppxiv,510 + xlv ads. 8 coloured chromolithograph plates featuring 52 fully dressed flies, plain plates, illustrations. Burgundy cloth, gilt title & salmon fly vignettes on spine & upper board, bevelled edges, top edge gilt. Spine evenly faded, cloth a little rubbed on corners otherwise a very good copy. "If there is one milestone in the whole of salmon fishing literature which no fisherman should be without, it has to be George Mortimer Kelson's The Salmon Fly: how to dress it and how to use it." (Justin Knowles, Flyfisher's Classic Library). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895 ). 1895 1st edition. 4to (210 x 255mm). Ppxiv,510 + xlv ads. 8 coloured chromolithograph plates featuring 52 fully dressed flies, plain plates, illustrations. Burgundy cloth, gilt title & salmon fly vignettes on spine & upper board, bevelled edges, top edge gilt. Cloth rubbed and just a little stained with small hole to spine. Tear to corner of front end-paper else internally clean. "If there is one milestone in the whole of salmon fishing literature which no fisherman should be without, it has to be George Mortimer Kelson's The Salmon Fly: how to dress it and how to use it." (Justin Knowles, Flyfisher's Classic Library). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1995). (1895) 1995 Centenary Edition. 8vo (170 x 243mm). Pplxiv,510 + xlv ads. 8 colour plates featuring 52 fully dressed flies, mono plates. Handsome full leather gilt in presentation box. One of 55 de luxe copies incorporating an actual salmon fly. Fine. If there is one milestone in the whole of salmon fishing literature which no fisherman should be without, it has to be George Mortimer Kelson's The Salmon Fly: how to dress it and how to use it. When Kelson distilled a lifetime of salmon fishing wisdom into this privately published work, he was bold and confident. He produced a book of 510 pages of text and 46 pages of illustrations plus 8 coloured plates showing 52 flies. This FFCL edition has an extensive Introduction by John Buckland giving an authoritative background to the angling works of G. M. Kelson. Each copy has set into the front cover a salmon fly - tied by the distinguished fly-dresser Kim Rasmussen of Denmark. Since each fly is different, each volume of this Limited Edition is thus unique. Fully bound in royal purple Nigerian goatskin, hand marbled endpapers, gilt edges, raised bands and gold tooling. Presented in a buckram-bound silk lined presentation box titled in gilt. .

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. [Cat. 67-416.] - 4to illus. -Deluxe Edition, One of 55 Copies, With Full-dressed Salmon Fly by Kim Rasmussen set in cover. With a 47 p. insightful "Introduction" by John Buckland which puts Kelson's contributions in the context of the time and in light of other books. Bound in Royal purple Nigerian Goatskin, hand-marbled end papers, aeg, raised bands, gold tooling, Buckram silk lined Presentation Box. The Box has two dampmarks externally, both 1-1.5" in diameter: one barely noticeable on spine, other on edge of spine & front board. Book box with marks is Very Good, Book is NEW.

Goshen, Connecticut. The Angler's and Shooter's Press. 1979. Facsimile Edition. Large octavo ((9 1/2 x 7). 464 pp. Eight color plates of salmon flies. Illustrated frontispiece showing George Kelson and his distinctive handle-bar mustache holding a 17 foot Spey rod. Text illustrations showing the friends and methods of Mr. Kelson. This was the first facsimile edition and it remains the best, faithfully reproducing the 1895 first edition binding. The book is bound in scarlet cloth with gilt titles and decorations. A nice book.In fine condition.

Camden, South Carolina. John Culler & Sons. 1995 [1895]. Thick octavo (8 1/2 x 6). 510 pp. Eight color plates of salmon flies. Black and white photos showing George Kelson and his fishing friends. Text illustrations. The Salmon Fly is the premier title showcasing 19th century Atlantic salmon flies. This book is one of Culler's "The Classics of Salmon Fishing" publications, and it's bound in blue decorated cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. About as nice as you'll likely see. Fine in a fine jacket.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1895 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 616 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 616 Language: English.

Devon, England. The Flyfishers' Classic Library. 1995. The Centenary Deluxe Edition. Book number 5 of 55 copies published. Thick 8vo. (9 x 6). 510 plus 45 pp. of illustrated advertisements. With a size 7/0 gut-eye salmon fly, Kelson's "Golden Eagle", exquisitely dressed by Kim Rasmussen of Denmark, signed by him, mounted within an oval recess inside the front cover. Introduction by John Buckland. Eight color plates of salmon flies. Portrait frontispiece of George Kelson. Black and white plates and text drawings. The book is bound in full Royal Nigerian purple morocco with gilt titles and decorations with marbled end papers, all edges gilt, and is kept in a matching purple cloth drop-back box lined with black silk moirÚ, with gilt titles and decorations. An exquisite and elegant book. Fine in a near fine slip case with a light bump on the corner of the slipcase.