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Favorite Flies and Their Histories
by Marbury, Mary Orvis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- 4/-1
- ISBN 10
- 143715509X
- ISBN 13
- 9781437155099
- Seller
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Grove City, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1892. 2nd ed. (1st thus): illustrated: limited edition: rare book. Hard cover. 3. Good. No dust jacket. Illus. all crisp and bright as is yellowed text block; NO foxing; gilt-top text block. Glued binding cloth over boards. 522 p. Audience: General/trade. Exceptional copy of a classic, difficult-to-find work by the daughter of Charles F. Orvis (famed US tackle-maker and auth of 1883 Fishing With the Fly) culled fr his corresp. 32 tipped in color illus w/ tissue overlays, 6 b/w engraved insect illus w/ tissue, 8 b/w photolithographs. Only 500 copies printed of 1st & 2nd eds. In orig. 2-tone green cloth; gilt illus and title bright on front board, less so on spine; wear on corners, spine head, foot. Sm stain to ffep & following blank pg. PO stamp front pastedown..
Synopsis
Favorite Flies and Their Histories - With many replies from practical anglers to inquiries concerning how, when and where to use them-Illustrated by Thirty-two colored plates of flies, six engravings of natural insects and eight reproductions of photographs is a fly fishing book written by Mary Orvis Marbury published in Boston in April 1892 by Houghton Mifflin.
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- Bookseller
- B8 Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0000058
- Title
- Favorite Flies and Their Histories
- Author
- Marbury, Mary Orvis
- Format/Binding
- 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - 4
- Jacket Condition
- -1
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd ed. : illustrated: limited edition: rare book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 143715509X
- ISBN 13
- 9781437155099
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Fly fishing, sports, sporting, antique book, naturalist history, fly tying
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B8 Books and Prints
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About the Seller
B8 Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2012
Grove City, Pennsylvania
About B8 Books and Prints
B8 Books started after I inherited my grandfather's library. We specialize in antique and vintage books and prints as well as imited edition books and books signed by authors and/or illustrators, especially association copies.
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