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Frederic M Halford. Making a Fishery. Vinton & Co Ltd, London, 1902.
Price: US$43.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original blue cloth with gilt title, 212pp, illustrated with 4 plates, volume III of the Halford Dry-Fly series. Prelims browned otherwise a clean and tight copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Martin Bott Bookdealers Ltd, Felixstowe, United Kingdom
Price: US$51.53 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1902). (1895) 1902 2nd edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppvii,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text illustrations. Dark blue cloth, Spine & upper board titled in gilt. Some pages at front & rear loose. A clean working copy, sold with all faults. Number 3 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Frederic M Halford. Dry-Fly Fishing. Vinton & Co, 1902.
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is one of the blue bound books No.1 on "The Halford Dry Fly Series"
Seller: River Reads, Torrington, United Kingdom
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Description: Second Revised Edition. The Halford Dry-Fly Series. Volume II. Hardback. Very good condition. xii, 323pp with 28 black/white & coloured plates incl. fold-out charts. Light foxing to endpapers with the bookplate Edward D. H. Buckley on front pastedown. Original dark green boards with bright gilt title on front & spine. Boards slightly scuffed at the back. Overall a very nice copy.
Seller: Wheen O' Books, Selkirk, United Kingdom
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Description: 1st edn. 8vo. Rebound in later half black calf, raised ribbed spine with title labels on marbled paper-laid boards (Fine). Pp. vi + 212 (new endpapers; no inscriptions), illus with b&w portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, 4 further b&w plates and diagrams in text.
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1902). (1895) 1902 2nd edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppvii,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text illustrations. Dark blue cloth, Spine & upper board titled in gilt. Some browning but a very good clean copy. Number 3 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$128.83 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: (Hardcover, 1902). (1889) 1902 4th edition, revised. 8vo (150 x 222mm). Ppxx,364. 3 hand-coloured engraved plates of flies, coloured plan, 15 plain plates, text illustrations. Dark blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Title-page printed in black and red. Slightly rubbed, names on end-papers, inner hinges tender. A good working copy only. No. 1 in The Halford Dry Fly Series. Widely thought of as the greatest work on the subject of flyfishing published during the twentieth century. History has not always been kind to Mr Halford, indeed there have been periods during the last one hundred years when his name and his work have been denigrated, and his reputation has been associated with an excessive purism and a narrow dogma, thought to be the product of snobbishness and an exclusive cult. These ideas have little relation to Halford's actual words or his achievement. Though he was unaware of the potential of nymph fishing in chalk streams, he nonetheless was an all round fisherman of considerable intuition and experience, and a tireless experimenter always in search of improvements, whether in flies or tackle. On the river Test in Hampshire, where so much of his pursuit of trout and grayling took place, Halford is still remembered with proper respect. His name is also revered from New York to Tokyo among the devotees of the Dry Fly. Apart from its historical value, this book is still very well worth a perusal by fly fishermen of the southern chalk streams. It is also a model of clear expression, brilliant organisation, lucid prose, and, above all, remarkable thoroughness, so typical of the pioneers of the Victorian Age. .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$141.71 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1902). (1897) 1902 2nd revised edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Ppxii,323. 28 colour & b/w plates of flies, 2 folding charts, b/w text illustrations. Blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Snag to spine, slightly shaken, cloth quite worn and marked, browning to edges and end-papers with owner's name. Good copy. Number 2 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. The first serious attempt to represent the natural insect as found on the water. "This is undoubtedly written by a great angler, but who was, however, not a great naturalist. It gives details of aquatic insects of the Test. This book is based on his earlier book Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which is incidentally probably more famous. The very useful entomological section in Dry Fly Entomology is larger due to the co-operation of the Rev. E.A. Eaton. The hundred best patterns were tied by George Holland of Winchester." (Hampton). .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$141.71 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: (Hardcover, 1902). (1889) 1902 4th edition, revised. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppxx,364. 3 hand-coloured engraved plates of flies, coloured plan, 15 plain plates, text illustrations, title-page printed in black and red. Dark blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Rubbing and small dents to cloth, browning to end-papers and edges, lacks title-page. Good copy. No. 1 in The Halford Dry Fly Series. Widely thought of as the greatest work on the subject of flyfishing published during the twentieth century. History has not always been kind to Mr Halford, indeed there have been periods during the last one hundred years when his name and his work have been denigrated, and his reputation has been associated with an excessive purism and a narrow dogma, thought to be the product of snobbishness and an exclusive cult. These ideas have little relation to Halford's actual words or his achievement. Though he was unaware of the potential of nymph fishing in chalk streams, he nonetheless was an all round fisherman of considerable intuition and experience, and a tireless experimenter always in search of improvements, whether in flies or tackle. On the river Test in Hampshire, where so much of his pursuit of trout and grayling took place, Halford is still remembered with proper respect. His name is also revered from New York to Tokyo among the devotees of the Dry Fly. Apart from its historical value, this book is still very well worth a perusal by fly fishermen of the southern chalk streams. It is also a model of clear expression, brilliant organisation, lucid prose, and, above all, remarkable thoroughness, so typical of the pioneers of the Victorian Age. .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: In contemporary 1/2 green morocco and boards by Bayntun of Bath; octavo; (vii), 212 pp. Frontispiece photograph portrait of the author, 4 plates. Spine ornamented in compartments with gilt fishing flies, fish, etc. Spine faded to pale green, else fine
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Second edition, revised. 8vo. xii, 323 pp. Illustrated, 28 plates, ten with hand-coloring, two folding charts, line drawings. Later navy three-quarter morocco and cloth, marbled endpapers, gilt title, angling ornaments, and rules on spine. Very good copy in an attractive recent binding. (2793).
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.33 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER to fep. in pencil; octavo navy blue boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, xx+364pp, illus., VG- (cocked, with moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards; moderate tanning to edges and within, light soiling & foxing to edges and within)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$193.24 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1902). (1897) 1902 2nd revised edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Ppxii,323. 28 colour & b/w plates of flies, 2 folding charts, b/w text illustrations. Blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Small tear to 1 chart. Some use and foxing but good-plus. Number 2 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. The first serious attempt to represent the natural insect as found on the water. "This is undoubtedly written by a great angler, but who was, however, not a great naturalist. It gives details of aquatic insects of the Test. This book is based on his earlier book Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which is incidentally probably more famous. The very useful entomological section in Dry Fly Entomology is larger due to the co-operation of the Rev. E.A. Eaton. The hundred best patterns were tied by George Holland of Winchester." (Hampton). .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Beautifully bound in half chocolate morocco, raised bands and marbled boards. gilt spine illustrations. 323 pgs. 6 x 8 1/2 inches.
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$206.12 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1902). (1897) 1902 2nd revised edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Ppxii,323. 28 colour & b/w plates of flies, 2 folding charts, b/w text illustrations. Blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Previous owner's name (1906) ornately inscribed. Slightly used but a good copy, with some annotation in ink. Number 2 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. The first serious attempt to represent the natural insect as found on the water. "This is undoubtedly written by a great angler, but who was, however, not a great naturalist. It gives details of aquatic insects of the Test. This book is based on his earlier book Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which is incidentally probably more famous. The very useful entomological section in Dry Fly Entomology is larger due to the co-operation of the Rev. E.A. Eaton. The hundred best patterns were tied by George Holland of Winchester." (Hampton). .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$206.12 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: (Hardcover, 1902). (1889) 1902 4th edition, revised. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppxx,364. 3 hand-coloured engraved plates of flies, coloured plan, 15 plain plates, text illustrations, title-page printed in black and red. Dark blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Light foxing throughout but still a very nice copy. No. 1 in The Halford Dry Fly Series. Widely thought of as the greatest work on the subject of flyfishing published during the twentieth century. History has not always been kind to Mr Halford, indeed there have been periods during the last one hundred years when his name and his work have been denigrated, and his reputation has been associated with an excessive purism and a narrow dogma, thought to be the product of snobbishness and an exclusive cult. These ideas have little relation to Halford's actual words or his achievement. Though he was unaware of the potential of nymph fishing in chalk streams, he nonetheless was an all round fisherman of considerable intuition and experience, and a tireless experimenter always in search of improvements, whether in flies or tackle. On the river Test in Hampshire, where so much of his pursuit of trout and grayling took place, Halford is still remembered with proper respect. His name is also revered from New York to Tokyo among the devotees of the Dry Fly. Apart from its historical value, this book is still very well worth a perusal by fly fishermen of the southern chalk streams. It is also a model of clear expression, brilliant organisation, lucid prose, and, above all, remarkable thoroughness, so typical of the pioneers of the Victorian Age. .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$231.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second edition, revised, 1902. Hand coloured trout flies, black and white plates and folding tables. Very slight damp marking around the edges of the trout fly pages. Endpapers are damp marked around the edges. Endpapers foxed. Publishers blue cloth very lightly damp marked and with some light marking and rubbing. Still a very good clean copy internally and generally a good solid copy. 323 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Frederic M. Halford. Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice. Vinton & Co. Limited, London, 1902.
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A fascinating educational guide by 'the father of modern dry-fly fishing', Frederic M. Halford. A fourth revised edition. In a half morocco binding with gilt detail to the spine by Hatchards. With 14 monochrome plates, 4 colour plates and a frontispiece. Collated complete. In addition to multiple monochrome figures throughout. A fascinating how-to guide to dry-fly fishing by the influential British angler, Frederic M. Halford. Number 1 in the Halford Dry Fly series. In half morocco signed binding with gilt detail on the spine. Spine has been rebacked. Externally, generally smart with some marks to the boards and rubbing to the extremities and spine. Light offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with just the odd spot and some light age-toning to the edges. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$432.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frontispiece and numerous text illustrations in black-and-white. Eighteen plates, four of them are hand coloured. Bound by Hatchard's in full brown leather with the front cover and spine ruled in gilt. Two red leather spine labels stamped in gilt. Dentelles and edges stamped in gilt. Fourth edition revised The front cover, the front free endpaper, and the first blank leaf are seperated, otherwise very good condition.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.