(1978) 1979 UK deluxe edn. Andre Deutsch. London. Two volumes. 4to. Ppxviii,908,ii,909-1834. Colour plates & b/w illustrations by author, bibliography. Blue buckram / slipcase. Spine & slipcase faded as usual. De luxe edition #484 / 750. *
Notes: The evolution of flyfishing; American species of trout and grayling; Physiology, habitat and behaviour; The tools of the trade; Casting, wading and other primary skills; Trout strategies, techniques and tactics. Includes a 239-page section on rods and rod-building. *This copy is No. 484 from the British de luxe edition which was limited to 750 copies, each signed and numbered by the author, and including an actual specimen fly in a sunken mount. Bound in blue buckram and in a buckram-covered slipcase. The spines of these books are invariably flattened because of their great weight and size. The cloth of the spine and the slipcase are almost always faded.
