CATSKILL RIVERS: BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN FLY FISHING. By Austin M. Francis. De luxe edition.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). 1983 1st edition deluxe issue. Large 4to (218 x 287mm). Ppxiv,258. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations, maps, end-paper maps, bibliography. Full brown leather spine titled in gilt, gilt decoration to upper board, marbled end-papers, all edges gilt, brown cloth slipcase. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. Near fine in slightly used & faded slipcase - No. #231 of 300. Ink inscription by the author on limiation page "Inscribed for Roy Flury - with the gracious permission of your good friend, and mine, David Eley, and with my own best wishes for many more happy hours of angling on your favorite rivers and streams. Austin M. Francis, May 17, 1988." Bookplate of Roy Flury on Contents page. ".A kaleidoscopic, poignant journey through the annals of American angling from its origins to the present, laced with anecdotes and stories, graced with over 110 photographs and nine beautifully illustrated river maps by John Manikowski." Chapters include: The Catskill angling mystique; Early river industries; Birthplace of American fly fishing; The Catskill professionals; Women anglers of the Catskills; Managing the fishing. Portraits of the river: Catskill rivers; Beaverkill River; Willowemoc Creek; Neversink River; Esopus Creek; Schoharie Creek; Delaware River; Catskill rivers today; Selected bibliography; Important dates in Catskill angling. .