[ANGLING]. A group of 16 titles on fly-fishing, comprising:
BAINBRIDGE, George C. The Fly Fisher's Guide. Liverpool: for the author by G.F. Harris's widow and brothers, 1816. FIRST EDITION. -- CARROLL, W. The Angler's Vade Mecum. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1818. FIRST EDITION. -- WHEATLEY, Hewett. The Rod and Line. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1849. FIRST EDITION. -- BLACKER, William. Blacker's Art of Fly Making. London, 1855. Second edition. -- Another copy. 1855. Second edition. -- HALFORD, Frederic M. Floating Flies and How to Dress Them. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886. FIRST TRADE EDITION. -- DAY, Francis. British and Irish Salmonidae. London: Williams and Norgate, 1887. FIRST EDITION. -- WALBRAN, Francis M. The Wharfedale Fly Book. N.p., 1888. SEVERAL ACTUAL SPECIMENS OF FLIES. In original leather wallet. -- WALBRAN. Grayling and How to Catch Them. Scarborough: "The Angler" Co., 1895. -- WALBRAN. British Angler. First Series. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1889. -- RONALDS, Alfred. The Fly-Fisher's Entomology. Liverpool: Henry Young & Sons, 1913. 2 volumes. 48 ACTUAL SPECIMENS OF FLIES. -- WOOLEY, Roger. Modern Trout Fly Dressing. London: Fishing Gazette, 1932. 20 ACTUAL SPECIMENS OF FLIES. FIRST EDITION. -- STOTCHER, George. The Fly Fisher's Legacy. London: Sun Dun Press, 1974. LIMITED EDITION, number 202 of 400 copies. -- GIERACH, John. Fishing Bamboo. New York: Lyons and Burford, 1997. LIMITED EDITION, number 53 of 55 large paper copies, signed by the author and others. -- PROSEK, James. Trout of the World. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2003. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 9 of 12 deluxe copies, signed by the artist and producer, and WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR SIGNED BY PROSEK. -- EDMONDS, Harfield H. and Norman N. LEE. Brook and River Trouting. Otley: Smith Settle, 2003. 2 volumes. 36 ACTUAL SPECIMENS OF FLIES. LIMITED EDITION, number 5 of 60 copies.
Together, 16 works in 18 volumes, 8vo and 4to, all in original bindings, condition generally very good or near fine.
Private collection from the estate of an avid, Chicago-area angler and collector
This lot is located in Chicago.
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