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Halcyon: Or, Rod-Fishing With Fly, Minnow, and Worm. To Which is Added a  Short and Easy Method of Dressing Flies, with a Description of the  Materials Used

Halcyon: Or, Rod-Fishing With Fly, Minnow, and Worm. To Which is Added a Short and Easy Method of Dressing Flies, with a Description of the Materials Used

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Halcyon: Or, Rod-Fishing With Fly, Minnow, and Worm. To Which is Added a Short and Easy Method of Dressing Flies, with a Description of the Materials Used

by Wade, Henry

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About This Item

London: Bell and Daldy 1861. 8vo. First edition. xvi, 212, plus 12 plates, pp. Publisher's original green blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Wear & chipping to spine ends and spine marked. Boards rubbed. Rear hinge split. Early ink name to front pastedown. Early W. H. Smith & Son embossed stamp to ffep. Head and tail-pieces. A few plates loose. With 12 full-page plates, including 8 hand-coloured. The plates contain 117 specimens of natural and artificial flies, materials, etc. and 4 plates illustrating fishes, baiting, etc. Good condition. . Good. Blind-stamped Cloth. First Edition. 1861.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Halcyon: Or, Rod-Fishing With Fly, Minnow, and Worm. To Which is Added a Short and Easy Method of Dressing Flies, with a Description of the Materials Used
Author
Wade, Henry
Format/Binding
Blind-stamped Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Bell and Daldy 1861
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1861
Size
8vo.
Keywords
Fly,Fishing,Angling,
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Sporting;

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FFEP
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Spine
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Gilt
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First Edition
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Cloth
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Hinge
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