A fine first edition in the original green pictorial cloth, stamped in dark green and gold. Tinted frontispiece and 15 page sized plates showcasing flies and tools to make them. In the scarce jacket, minor chipping, mainly to spine ends and corners. An attractive presentation; Rhead's most famous and celebrated work, at the time of its publication one of the first and most comprehensive studies of stream entomology in America. Rhead's account is generally pertaining to acquatic insects of the Caskills, where Rhead fished for many years; 8vo; xxii, 177, [1] pages.

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Title: American Trout Stream Insects; A Guide To Angling Flies And Other Aquatic Insects Alluring To Trout; - 1st Edition
Author: Rhead, Louis
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company [1916], New York
Publication year: 1916
Condition: Fine
Dust jacket: Very Good+
Binding: Cloth
Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
Seller catalogs: By Year Of Issue::1910s, Early Dust-Jackets, First Editions, Fishing::Fly Fishing

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American Trout Stream Insects; A Guide To Angling Flies And Other Aquatic Insects Alluring To Trout; - 1st Edition

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