[Angling] Red Palmer : a practical treatise on fly fishing

London: Empire Printing & Publishing Co, 1888. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine+. Second Edition of this angling title. Crown 8vo (184 x 118mm): [6],58,[6]pp, with fascinating illustrated angling advertisements bound front and backs. Original olive green pictorial cloth, covers paneled in blind, upper cover lettered in gilt with gilt trout vignette. An excellent example, securely bound and general clean throughout. Hampton, p. 91. Taylor was secretary of the Gresham Angling Society, founded in 1881. The title refers to a style of wet trout fly created in England more than 350 years ago. Thomas Barker described the first Palmer fly in The Art of Angling, in 1651. Over the centuries, materials have evolved, but the basic profile of a Palmer fly remains true to Barker's original: widely spaced spirals of hackle wrapped along the length of a hook shank. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).