FUR, FEATHERS AND STEEL: Of feathers, hackles and other materials used in tying trout flies. By Reuben R. Cross.

(1940) 1944 2nd printing. Small 8vo (132 x 190mm). Ppxvi,78. B/w photographs, illustrations. Stone cloth, dark green titles to upper board and spine.

Rube Cross was a pioneer of fly-tying in the United States. Influenced by the tying of Theodore Gordon, Cross introduced time-honoured patterns.