SHIPLEY, William. A Treatise on the Art of Fly-Fishing, Trolling, etc., as Practiced on the Dove, and on the Principal Streams of the Midland Counties; applicable to ev….

First edition of a comprehensive guide

SHIPLEY, William. A Treatise on the Art of Fly-Fishing, Trolling, etc., as Practiced on the Dove, and on the Principal Streams of the Midland Counties; applicable to every Trout and Grayling River in the Empire. Edited by Edward FitzGibbon. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1838.

12mo. Original red cloth with inner marbled boards, stamped in blind on the sides, the spine with gilt title and a vignette of fishing tackle; pp. xxxv + 264; wood-engraved frontispiece of a man fly-fishing and a woman with a net; engraving of a church on tail piece; foxing on first page and around frontispiece though it does not interrupt design; consistent press to middle of text body; otherwise a very good copy.

First Edition. An popular and authoritative guide.

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