xiv, [2], 264 pp. Illustrated with 4 wood-engraved plates with tissue-guards, including frontispiece; plus several wood-engraved vignettes. (8vo), original gilt-decorated terra-cotta cloth with front cover design of fish, creel and rod next to a canoe, spine design of an angler catching a fish, lettered in gilt. First Edition.
"This was the first book dedicated to fly fishing in America. The author wrote for the Albany Evening Journal. Scarce" - Bruns D 38; Westwood & Satchell p.77.
Condition:
Spine ends frayed, light wear to edges, front hinge cracked, rear starting; light foxing; very good.