Fishing with the Fly. Sketches By Lovers of the Art, with Illustrations of Standard Flies Collected By Charles F Orvis and A. Nelson Cheney.

Orvis, Charles F. and A. Nelson Cheney., Compilers.

Published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1886., New York & Boston orig.gilt decorated cloth,illusts incl.all 15 colour plates.

328 pages hinges starting to crack,minor wear to edges of boards overall a nice copy of a rare early fishing title

Includes contributions from well know sporting authorities of the period collected by Orvis (founder of the famous tackle company) and Cheney. The angling reference book by Bruns states that there were 4 editions printed in the 1800's and that all editions were scarce and costly. He goes on to state--"The work, if it may be said, is probably the greatest tackle promotion ever perpetrated, and certainly the only one which became an important American work."