THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF SALMON FLIES. By Chris Mann.

2008 1st edition de luxe. Large 4to (220 x 282mm). Ppx,468. Colour plates of 1800 flies. Full blue leather gilt, marbled end-papers, a.e.g., slipcase.

"The most comprehensive directory of salmon flies ever published. ...Over 1,800 salmon and steelhead flies - each one illustrated in colour and with its full dressing provided - make this the definitive reference, the all-in-one volume for salmon anglers and flytyers throughout the world". The author assembled this impressive compendium with the help of "countlessexpert tyers in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, in the Scandinavian and Western European countries, and in Canada and the USA - seeking out all their popular and enduring salmon flies". This is the de luxe issue of the first edition limited to just one hundred signed and numbered copies. Fully bound in dark-blue goatskin with a gilt salmon vignette to the upper board, gilt spine titles, two raised bands, hand-marbled end-papers by Anne Muir, all edges gilt, silk marker ribbon. Presented in a matching dark-blue slipcase.