Salmon Fly by Kelson George (106 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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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1995). (1895) 1995 1st edition thus. A portfolio of 8 colour plates featuring 52 fully dressed flies in a gilt-blocked cloth-bound presentation box. Fine in cloth-bound book-box. Portfolio of The Salmon Fly The 8 colour plates from the book plus the frontispiece and publisher's label, are protected by a gold blocked black buckram presentation box lined with marbled paper and with silk lifter ribbon. Published price £50.00. PREVIOUS PRICE £50.00.

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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. Full dark blue leather, hubbed spine with gilt titles and decorations; 8vo; 510pp; marbled end papers; top edge gilt; sewn-in silk ribbon book marker; illustrated with drawings, b&w photographs and 8 color plates of salmon flies; new introduction by Jared Lobdell; plain glassine dust jacket; walnut slipcase; limited to 380 numbered (#25) copies of the deluxe edition published as part of "The Classics of Salmon Fishing" series. A facsimile reprint of the 1895 original edition. Always in demand by historians and tiers of classic salmon flies. This copy in fine condition in like slipcase with the jacket VG with mild edge chipping.

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.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1995). 1995 1st edition thus. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pplii. Plain plates, silk marker. Full bonded leather gilt. Edition limited to 60 copies with signed limitation book-plate. Near fine copy in slightly used slip-case. Limitation copy signed by John Buckland. John Buckland's authoritative introduction, especially commissioned for the Flyfisher's Classic Library 1995 edition of "The Salmon Fly", issued and bound separately. This edition does not have its own title-page but carries that of "The Salmon Fly." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1995). 1995 1st edition thus. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pplii. Plain plates, silk marker. Full bonded leather gilt. Edition limited to 60 copies with signed limitation book-plate. Fine copy in slip-case. Limitation copy signed by John Buckland. John Buckland's authoritative introduction, especially commissioned for the Flyfisher's Classic Library 1995 edition of "The Salmon Fly", issued and bound separately. This edition does not have its own title-page but carries that of "The Salmon Fly." .

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 208. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1901 edition. 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. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English Pages: 208.

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.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2001). (1901) 2001 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxiv,168,xii ads. B/w illustrations. Fully bound in black bonded leather, titled in gilt, marbled end-papers, slip-case. Very good in slightly used and faded slip-case. One of an edition limited to 150 copies. George Kelson's Tips was published in 1901 by the author and includes pages of the marvellous contemporary advertisements by which Kelson financed his printing. Anyone interested in the great era of the late 19th century salmon fishing will find this book a must. His comments on the latest tackle and flies are fascinating, all couched in characteristic High Victorian prose. The book gives hints on the rod to select, the fly to use, methods of casting, wading and knots, and general riverside tips. He finishes the book with a few pages of reviews of his book The Salmon Fly. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2001). (1901) 2001 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxiv,168,xii ads. B/w illustrations. Fully bound in black bonded leather, titled in gilt, marbled end-papers, slip-case. Very good in slightly used slip-case. No. 70 of an edition limited to 150 copies. George Kelson's Tips was published in 1901 by the author and includes pages of the marvellous contemporary advertisements by which Kelson financed his printing. Anyone interested in the great era of the late 19th century salmon fishing will find this book a must. His comments on the latest tackle and flies are fascinating, all couched in characteristic High Victorian prose. The book gives hints on the rod to select, the fly to use, methods of casting, wading and knots, and general riverside tips. He finishes the book with a few pages of reviews of his book The Salmon Fly. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2001). (1901) 2001 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxiv,168,xii, ads. B/w illustrations, including ads. Fully bound in black bonded leather, titled in gilt. Cloth slip-case. Fine in slipcase. One of an edition of only 150 numbered copies. George Kelson's Tips was published in 1901 by the author and includes pages of the marvellous contemporary advertisements by which Kelson financed his printing. Anyone interested in the great era of the late 19th century salmon fishing will find this book a must. His comments on the latest tackle and flies are fascinating, all couched in characteristic High Victorian prose. The book gives hints on the rod to select, the fly to use, methods of casting, wading and knots, and general riverside tips. He finishes the book with a few pages of reviews of his book The Salmon Fly. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1901). 1901 1st edition. 4to (190 x 250mm). Ppxiv,168 + 11pp ads. B/w illustrations. Burgundy pictorial cloth gilt with bevelled edges. Re-cased in original cloth. Owner's name to front end-paper, small hole to rear board, slight browning but good-plus. Advertisements for Kelson's 'The Salmon Fly' tipped in at rear. "George Kelson's Tips was published in 1901 by the author and includes pages of the marvellous contemporary advertisements by which Kelson financed his printing. Anyone interested in the great era of the late 19th century salmon fishing will find this book a must. His comments on the latest tackle and flies are fascinating, all couched in characteristic High Victorian prose. The book gives hints on the rod to select, the fly to use, methods of casting, wading and knots, and general riverside tips. He finishes the book with a few pages of reviews of his book The Salmon Fly." (Flyfisher's Classic Library). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1901). 1901 1st edition. 4to (190 x 250mm). Ppxiv,168 + 11pp ads. B/w illustrations. Burgundy pictorial cloth gilt with bevelled edges. Pages are quite browned, half-title gift inscription (1914). Slight stains to cloth but a very good clean copy. This copy has advertisements for Kelson's 'The Salmon Fly' tipped in at pages 14 and 158, the second of which is torn with loss. "George Kelson's Tips was published in 1901 by the author and includes pages of the marvellous contemporary advertisements by which Kelson financed his printing. Anyone interested in the great era of the late 19th century salmon fishing will find this book a must. His comments on the latest tackle and flies are fascinating, all couched in characteristic High Victorian prose. The book gives hints on the rod to select, the fly to use, methods of casting, wading and knots, and general riverside tips. He finishes the book with a few pages of reviews of his book The Salmon Fly." (Flyfisher's Classic Library). .

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Book condition is like new. Never read. This copy is #15 of a limited deluxe edition of The Classics of Salmon Fishing. This remarkable copy has gilt titles and deocration on the spine and front cover of the full dark blue leather. The front and back endpapers are shades of brown pasley. This copy also has a silk ribbon marker and gilt head leaves. This book is housed in a beautiful like new 3/8" walnut slipcase. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Additional shipping cost required for insurance, amount according to USPS and destination.

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.

First Editions. First Editions. With 8 plates of hand-colored flies in the first title. 2 vols. 4to. Hampton's Angling Bibliography p. 171; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 47 Original purple cloth over bevelled boards. Some spotting to upper covers of first volume, else fine; second volume fine. Black quarter morocco folding box With 8 plates of hand-colored flies in the first title. 2 vols. 4to.