Brook and River Trouting. A Manual of Modern North Country Methods. With Coloured Illustrations of Flies and Fly-Dressing Materials EDMONDS Harfield H. 1882-1956 & LEE Norman N. 1881-1951 Publisher: the Authors Publish Year: 1916 Publish Place: 23, Bank Street, Bradford Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 008151 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Near Fine Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: Limited Edition Inscription: Signed by Author(s) £5,100 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Edition De Luxe, one of 50 copies, signed by both authors, 10 heavy card mounts with 2 oval windows to each side (except one with one side only), each window containing a dressed fly plus various dressing materials, complete with a total of 39 windows, plus one similar card mount with a rectangular window containing 22 samples of coloured silks, 7 photogravure plates including the frontispiece, one etched plate of insects, [4], 5-106 pp, [1], printed in Bradford by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co, dark marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, original dark blue cloth, bevelled edges, gilt titling, a little rubbed, with a compliments' slip for receipt of a cheque initialled by Lee loosely inserted. One of the finest examples of the genre, the flies were dressed by Hardy Bros. of Alnwick. Reproduced in facsimile in 1980. (246*181 mm). (Hampton Angling p95. Not listed in Westwood & Satchell). (For a full biographical description of this work produced for the centenary of publication, see The Sliding Stream blog: the Edmonds-Lee-Centenary).
