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HALFORD (FREDERIC M.) Modern Development of the Dry Fly, the New Dry Fly Patterns, the Manipulation of Dressing them and Practical Experiences of their Use, 2 vol., NUMBER 44 OF 75 COPIES OF THE EDITION DE LUXE, George Routledge, [1910]
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HALFORD (FREDERIC M.)
Modern Development of the Dry Fly, the New Dry Fly Patterns, the Manipulation of Dressing them and Practical Experiences of their Use, 2 vol., NUMBER 44 OF 75 COPIES OF THE EDITION DE LUXE, signed by the author, half-titles, portrait frontispiece, 9 colour plates of flies, 18 colour charts, 16 mounted photogravures with tissue guards, volume 2 comprising 'The Halford Dry Fly Patterns', with 33 ACTUAL SPECIMENS OF DRY FLIES in 9 sunken mounts, occasional light spotting to some mounts, contemporary red half calf, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, 4to, George Routledge, [1910]
Footnotes
One of only 75 De Luxe copies of "Halford's final statement on artificial flies" (ODNB), with actual samples of specimens dressed by Hardy and Farlow.
Provenance: "J.E.R. Oldfield, March 1911", ownership inscription inside upper covers.





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