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Synopsis

Being a general and instructive work on artistic angling. by the late david foster. (compiled by his sons). with illustrations and steel engraving of the author. eleventh edition. (inclusive of the american issue.) ninth english edition.

Item Description

8vo. 7.25 x 5.25 inches. xv + [i] + 406 pp. + 40 pp. advertisements. Bound in original red cloth, gilt, with black borders. Board edges bevelled. Patterned endpapers. A little wear to extremities, with a few small damp stains on front board and sunned spine. Lower corner damage to figure p. 586 and occasional scattered foxing and ink underlinings in text; otherwise a very good copy. 1940 inscription on verso of title. Illustrated by 17 pages of engraved and photographic plates, including 5 colour plates of flies and by text figures, including whole page. Copy LACKS frontispiece steel engraving of author. A popular practical guide to fly fishing including illustrations of Derbyshire dales. The first edition by David Foster (1815-81) of Burton-on-Trent, compiled by his sons, D. and W. H. Foster, was published in 1882. The text includes a Biographical Sketch of the Author, although the copy lacks the portrait.