Fly Patterns and Their Origins

Westshore publications, 1950. Fourth edition revised & enlarge. Hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 8x5x0. Signed by Author. Inscribed by Smedley (as "Dike" Smedley) on the FFEP. The binding is tight, bottom corners slightly bumped. Some light handling and soiling on the boards, a trace of sunning along the spine and top edges of the boards Text and images unmarked. 8vo.… Read more about this item

Westshore Publications. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1943. 1st. Hard Cover. Small 8vo; 114 pp; Light scuffing and shelf wear on boards and spine, binding has a few weak spots but is still tight overall, no loose pages. Front endpage has been removed, errata slip laid in. .

Westshore Publications, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 3rd printing 1946, very good +, tight and clean brown cloth hardcover with title and illustration in black to cover shows some mild trace wear including tearing at top of front hinge near spine head of front end papers, in very good jacket that shows some light soil… Read more about this item

Muskegon, Michigan. Westshore Publications. 1946. Third Printing. Octavo (8 x 5). 133 pp. Color plate showing six nineteenth century fly patterns. Color plus black and plate. I'm a huge Harold Smedley fan because his book captures with great care and careful research the most famous fly patterns and how they came to be known to fly fishermen. A key book… Read more about this item

Muskegon, Michigan: Westshore Publications. Illustrated including one page of color-illustrated flies. Signed on flyleaf: "Best Regards / "Dike" Smedley / April 1950". Clean and unmarked. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Reissue. 1946.

Muskegon, Michigan: Westshore Publications, 1943. In Very Good condition. Bound in full brown cloth. The front panel is stamped in black. Duodecimo. xx + 114pps., with a tipped-in illustration. No dustjacket. There is a small hole in the front panel. Also, a previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown and their… Read more about this item

Muskegon, Michigan: Westshore Publications, 1946 Signed by Author. Presentation copy, signed by the author on front free endpaper. One colour plate illustrating 6 different fly patterns. 133 pages. Brown cloth, black titles and illustration of a fly on front cover. Cream DJ with colour illustration of several fly on front cover; has large chip at top front. VG/G.. Hardcover. Very… Read more about this item

Muskegon, MI: Westshore Publications, 1944. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light blue cloth, lettered in black. Mild binding lean, former owner's signature inked on upper front flyleaf, otherwise essentially as issued. Dust jacket shows a few spots of moisture contact on lower front panel and mild soiling to lower rear… Read more about this item

Westshore Publ, Muskegon, MI, 1944. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Dust Jacket chipped, torn. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fishing & Hunting; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 12643. .

Muskegon, Michigan. Westshore Publications. 1946. Third Printing. 8vo. (8 x 5). 133 pp. Color plate showing six nineteenth century fly patterns. Black and plate. Text drawings. With the scarce Third Printing Prospectus laid-in. A key book for anyone interested in the history of fly patterns. Harold Smedley was a careful researcher who painstakingly chronicled the origins of the fly patterns… Read more about this item

USA: Westshore Pub., 1950. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. Paper along the front hinge is cracked. Blue boards have light edge wear, text pages are overall clean..

Muskegon, MI: Westshore Publications, 1944. 2nd printing, revised and enlarged - Forsyth Press. 137 pages Lightly illustrated. Minor stains on covers. Interior pages crisp/clean with some age toning. Minor chip on ffep corner. Lower spine and corners bumped and one dent along front edge. DJ has tattered edges and missing rear flap as well as tape… Read more about this item

Muskegon, Michigan. Westshore Publications. 1946. Third Printing. Octavo (8 x 5). 133 pp. Color plate showing six nineteenth century fly patterns. Color plus black and plate. Harold Smedley captured with great care and careful research the most famous fly patterns and how they came to be known to fly fishermen. A key book for anyone interested in the history of… Read more about this item