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  First Editions of Francis M. Walbran's The Wharfedale Fly Book, Grayling and How to Catch Them, and Walbran's British Angler

  WALBRAN, Francis M.

  The Wharfedale Fly Book, Grayling and How to Catch Them, and Walbran’s British Angler.

  London: Entered at Stationers' Hall/"The Angler" Co., Limited/Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1888, 1889, and 1895.

  First editions of classic guides to fly fishing. Duodecimo, three volumes. The Wharfedale Fly Book (1888) is bound in the original leather wallet with buckle and printed on vellum, containing the names and directions for using 48 standard patterns of flies, with several actual specimens of flies. Grayling and How to Catch Them (1895) is bound in green cloth with titles, ruling, and floral designs stamped in black, frontispiece with a facsimile inscription from the author, with seven black and white illustrations. Walbran's British Angler (1889) is bound in cloth with titles and ruling to the spine and front panel stamped in black, advertisements to the rear panel stamped in black, and a frontispiece with a facsimile inscription from the author. Each volume is in very good condition. Ownership sticker of Alan John Jarvis to each volume. Housed in a custom buckram bound foldover box with morocco spine labels.

  Price: $3,200.00     Item Number: 150435

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