1886 1st edition. Ward, Lock & Co. London. Pp230 + 10pp advertisements. Text and full-page engravings, some folding. Red pictorial cloth gilt. Spine slightly rubbed & some browning but a very good copy.
Notes: "...to the best modes and methods of making every kind of appliance necessary for taking freshwater fish, and for the equipment of the angler and fly-fisher". The second half of the book is on tying flies for trout and salmon, with many good engravings. "The book was issued in at least three binding states, with no established priority". (Cave).
