By Henry Wade

Published: London Bell and Daldy

Size: 7" by 4.5" Pagination: xvi, 212pp.

Henry Wade's account of rod-fishing, first edition thus adorned with beautiful hand-coloured plates.

By Henry Wade

[1861] Rod-Fishing in Clear Waters by Fly, Minnow, and Worm With a short and easy Method to the Art of Dressing Flies

Name: 1861 Rod-Fishing in Clear Waters
SKU: 821A2
Price: 175 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London Bell and Daldy

Size: 7" by 4.5" Pagination: xvi, 212pp.

Henry Wade's account of rod-fishing, first edition thus adorned with beautiful hand-coloured plates.

£175.00

weight: 0.5kgs / stock code: 821A2

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Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition thus under title Rod-Fishing in Clear Waters, originally published as Halcyon, or Rod-Fishing in 1860. This edition featuring an 1860 preface with an undated cancel title page.

Henry Wade's account of angling and clear water rod-fishing, with chapters on the salmon, trouting fly-rod and lines, minnow-fishing, stone, fly, and more. Illustrated with twelve striking hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.

Condition

In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, spine and extremities of the boards lightly bumped. Previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1906. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. With twelve full page plates, hand-coloured. Collated, complete.

Overall: Very Good

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