604 pp. Illustrated with 80 wood engravings. 8½x6, blind-stamped green cloth, gilt vignette of outdoor scene on cover, gilt fish and fly hook vignettes on spine, lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Rare first edition of one of the key works on American angling. "Uncle Thad" was one of the most outstanding American authorities on angling and angling equipment of the Nineteenth Century. Includes the first reference to dry-fly fishing in America. Bruns N 67.