Halford (Frederic M.) Making a Fishery, 1895

Halford (Frederic M.) Making a Fishery, London: Horace Cox, 1895, portrait frontispiece, mounted illustrations, one or two light spots, top edge gilt, original publisher's green full morocco gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, large 8vo, Edition de luxe 31/150, signed by the author, together with Dry-Fly Fishing in theory and practice, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1889, 25 lithograph plates, a few colour, a few small marks, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, small stain to lower cover, spine ends and corners a little rubbed, 8vo, plus The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook. A complete manual including the fisherman's entomology and the making and management of a fishery, 1st edition, London: George Routledge, 1913, 44 plates, occasional light spotting, previous owner signature to title, bookplate, original cloth, spine a little faded, a couple of small stains and abrasions, 8vo

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First work provenance: Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967), ornithologist and soldier, his bookplate; additional bookplate of Joseph D. Bates Jr., angling author.

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