Description: Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury, 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, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1892, 522 pp, dual-colored green cloth, 9.75 x 7.5”, thick 8vo. In fair condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to tip and endbands. Spine slightly darkened from oxidation. Gilt finishing bright and clean. Previous water dampness staining to boards causing discoloration to spine near hinge. Soiling to fore-edge. Dampness staining to top edge of entire text block. Front gutter shaken. Light age-related toning to text. A few areas of rippling. All tissue guards intact. Binding intact, albeit somewhat shaken. Free of known markings. Please see photos. The classic work of late nineteenth century American fly fishing. Compiled by the daughter of famed American tackle-maker Charles F. Orvis. Goodspeed notes that Mrs Marbury was “not herself a fisher-woman”, she was an expert at making flies, which she tied without the aid of a vice. With photos of Manchester, Vermont. Depicted is the town before major development, Equinox Mountains and more. Orvis was founded in Manchester, Vermont. No date on title page, early printing not first. COLS1892DKMZ
Price: 400 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Year Printed: 1892
Topic: Hunting, Fishing
Binding: Cloth
Author: Mary Orvis Murray
Subject: Sports & Recreation
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Special Attributes: Illustrated
