Halford, Frederic M.. Dry Fly Entomology Volume 1. Vinton & Co. , Ltd., London, 1897.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Volume 1 only. Edition de luxe, limited to 100 copies (this is number 12), and signed by author on title page. Front cover is separated from spine. Leather covers with gilt lettering. Covers and spine have red rot, with spine mostly covered. Spine has tears and missing pieces at top and bottom. Corners of covers are bumped and worn, with splitting and fraying of the leather. Endpapers are marbled. Second page has some writing in pencil at top. Rear inner hinge is cracked. Interior of book is in good condition, with some tanning of the tissue guards and some plates, and some spotting on several pages. Top edges of pages are gilt-covered. Book is in acceptable condition. 4to, 314 pages, 5 lb.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 314 pages; Signed by Author

Seller: Inside the Covers, Lancaster, TX, U.S.A.

Halford, Frederic M. Dry Fly Entomology: A Brief Description of Leading Types of Natural Insects Serving as Food for Trout and Grayling with the 100 Best Patterns of Floating Flies and the Carious Methods of Dressing Them (Fly Fishing). Vinton & Co., London, 1897.

Price: US$7500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, SIGNED by Halford on the title page of each volume. This limited edition is number 53 of 100 copies printed with 18 wood engraved and 10 hand-colored etched plates, plus numerous illustrations in text. The second volume contains 100 actual specimens of tied flies. List of subscribers at front identifies this as one of 10 copies sold to Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Bookplate of Arthur Wood in each volume. The books have minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing or marks in the books. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. Trades and offers considered.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Halford, Frederic M.. Dry Fly Entomology: a brief description of leading types of natural insects.with the 100 best patterns of floating flies and the various methods of dressing them. Vinton & Co, London, 1897.

Price: US$12500.00 + shipping

Description: Edition De Luxe, no. 69 of 100 copies, signed by the author on the title page of each volume. With 18 wood engraved and 10 hand-colored etched plates, plus numerous illustrations in text; Vol. II contains 100 flies in 12 recessed card mounts. 2 vols. 4to. One of 100 Signed Copies. Halford's masterwork in a superb binding. Westwood & Satchell Supplement, p. 246; Gee p. 92 Full green crushed morocco gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, by Aquarius. Fine set in matching cloth folding boxes With 18 wood engraved and 10 hand-colored etched plates, plus numerous illustrations in text; Vol. II contains 100 flies in 12 recessed card mounts. 2 vols. 4to Edition De Luxe, no. 69 of 100 copies, signed by the author on the title page of each volume.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.