Fly Fisherman's Gold: Twenty-Four Volumes

Title: Fly Fisherman's Gold: Twenty-Four Volumes
Author: Holden, George Parker, Izaac Walton et al
Publisher: Derrydale Press
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Type: Leather Bound
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket condition: None as issued

Notes: Near fine complete set of 24 volumes, individually hand numbered. This set is #889 of a limited edition of 2500. Books appear unread. Brown leather covers with gilt- and black-embossed designs on front cover and spine. Marbled end papers. Gilt edges on all 3 sides of text block. Adhesive-backed bookplates are laid in on all volumes but two (which are missing). Books are in Fine condition inside and out except for Volume 5 which has a small bump to bottom front corner, and volume 14 which has a .75" scratch perpendicular to fore edge of back cover. A handsome set, and difficult to find complete. Each volume is a reprint of a classic fly fishing text.

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Titles are:

1. The Idyl of the Split Bamboo by George Parker Holden
2. Fish & Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America by Frank Forester
3. A Book On Angling. Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling by Francis Francis
4. The Book Of The Fly Rod by Hugh Sheringham
5. The American Angler's Guide by John J. Brown
6. Fishing In American Waters by Genio Scott
7. The Fly Fisher & The Trout's Point of View by Col. E. W. Harding
8. Pleasures of Angling (With Rod and Reel for Salmon & Trout) by George Dawson
9. The Dry Fly & Fast Water by George M. LaBranche
10. Art of Fly Making (Compromising Angling and Dyeing of Colours) by William Blacker
11. Salmonia: or, Days of Fly Fishing with Some Account of the Habits of Fishes Belonging to the Genus Salmo by Sir Humphrey Davy
12. Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle: Suggestions as to Their Manufacture and Use by Henry Wells
13. Speckled Brook Trout by R. H. Russell
14. The Complete Angler By Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton
15. Life-History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout, and other Freshwater Fish by P. D. Malloch
16. The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook by F. M. Halford
17. Travel & Trout in the Antipodes by William Senior
18. Trout Fishing & Sport In Maoriland by G. D. Hamilton
19. The Fishing Tourist: Angler's Guide and Reference Book By Charles Hallock/The Salmon and The Dry Fly by George M. La Branche
20. The American Angler's Book by Thaddeus Norris
21. Fly Fishing, Some New Arts And Mysteries by James C. Mottram
22. Trout by Ray Bergman
23. Just Fishing by Ray Bergman
24. With Fly Plug & Bait By Ray Bergman

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