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A Book of Small Flies, by Rene Harrop, Poul Jorgensen, Eric Leiser, John Merwin, S. A. Neff, Jr. , and Ernest Schwiebert. Frontispiece by Al Barker.
by Oelgart, Isaac (Editor & Designer)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Arlington VT: Isaac Oelgart. Fine. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Miniature; Miniature; Two volumes bound in full Hewitt niger, gilt tooled, with cloth covered slipcase. Volume I: 105, [1]p., colored frontispiece. Volume II: double shadow box containing eight miniature flies, two each tied by Schwiebert, Jorgensen, Harrop and Neff. Binding is 7.6 by 5.6 cm, pages are 7.3 by 5.6cm. **Related materiials include the 8vo prospectus with mounted title page and stitched in single-sided sheet containing "Contents" and page 7, one of 400 copies. Also a "thankyou" in the form of a colored etching initialed by the artist, with one page of text, same size as the book, and another etching, horizontal format, colored and initialed. All, other than the prospectus, being one of 60 numbered sets. **Bradbury p.167 #1. Hand O-47. .
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- HJHurley
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18
- Title
- A Book of Small Flies, by Rene Harrop, Poul Jorgensen, Eric Leiser, John Merwin, S. A. Neff, Jr. , and Ernest Schwiebert. Frontispiece by Al Barker.
- Author
- Oelgart, Isaac (Editor & Designer)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Isaac Oelgart
- Place of Publication
- Arlington VT
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Fly Fishing, Fly Tying, Original Art, Flies, Angling
- Bookseller catalogs
- Angling;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Gilt
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