first edition Hardcover
1816 · Liverpool
by Bainbridge, George C.
Liverpool: Printed for the Author by G.F. Harris's Widow and Brothers, 1816. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. An early guide to fly-fishing, 'Illustrated by Coloured Plates Representing Upwards of Forty of the Most Useful Flies, Accurately Copied from Nature'. Described by Westwood & Satchell as 'One of the text books of the fly-fisher' p.21. Octavo; Diced calf; some wear to spine, one inch tear on upper joint; blue endpapers with remains of bookplate on paste-down; pencil marks from previous sellers, corner of flyleaf cut out; wear to corners; foxing to endpapers and light foxing throughout; 8 hand-coloured plates, with tissue, (truncated)