The Fly Fisher's Guide, Illustrated by Coloured Plates, Representing Upwards of Forty of the Most Useful Flies, Accurately Copied from Nature
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1840. George Cole Bainbridge. Fourth Edition. Full leather. 12mo. Pp. [6], viii, 135, [8]. Frontis. hand colored lithograph. Illustrated with an additional eight plates of which seven are hand colored, decorative initial capital and tailpiece. Full brown pebble-grain morocco, gilt titles and panels with five raised bands on the spine. Gilt borders on boards and turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. Binder stamp of M. Marshall on rear turn-in. Laid in unaddressed shipping label from Bickers & Son, Ltd. Booksellers and Bookbinders, London. Slight edge-wear light foxing to preliminaries, title page color spots offset from the frontispiece. Gilt is brilliant, binding tight. Very Good+. Item #6384
A classic guide, first published in 1816. The handsome, restrained binding by London bookbinder M. Marshall, often referred to as "Miss M. Marshall," was executed after the dissolution of her partnership with Edith Gedye; thus, likely 1910s. A bright copy with charming shelf appeal.
Price: $350.00