A History of Fly Fishing for Trout
London: Philip Allan & Co., 1921.
First Edition.
First Edition, First State binding. Previous owner's name and place (James O'Mara, Cashel House, Connemara) half-title and faint O’Mara ink stamp at the end of the bibliography. In addition to being a fly fisherman, Mr. O'Mara was also a Finn Sein leader and the first official representative of Ireland to the U.S. Mr. O'Mara owned Cashel House from 1919-1951.
A History of Fly Fishing for Trout is the first book to trace the history of fly fishing from its earliest beginnings (from the close of the 15th century to the beginning of the 20th), with chapters on: Early Sporting Literature in France and England; The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle; From The Treatise to The Compleat Angler; Early Fly Fishing in France; Charles Cotton and His Contemporaries; From Cotton to Stewart; Stewart and the Upstream School; The Dry Fly; The Evolution of the Trout Fly; The Evolution of the Trout Fly; The Literature of Fly Fishing. He identifies all the artificial flies mentioned by early writers and provides a bibliography of fishing literature cited or quoted in the text.
Very Good. Item #9010105-3/4 x 8-3/4", gilt titled green cloth, gilt fishing gear decoration front board, title page in black and red, 244pp, bibliography, index, errata slip tipped-in, decorated head-pieces and initials for each chapter
Previous owner has correctly added a correction to the errata slip in ink - Page 15, line 10, 1856 for 1846 (correction to year of publication of Blakey's Historical Sketches of the Angling Literature of all Nations). Bumping to corners of boards, tight, an appealing, very good copy of a desirable book, in a custom mylar jacket.
Price: $150.00