Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States, and British Provinces of North America. Illustrated from Nature [by the Author]. New Edition, revised and corrected, with an ample supplement by the author, Together With A Treatise On Fly-Making, by "Dinks".
New York. The American News Company. 1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 20cm, the first edition, xxiv,(-16),17-512p., with numerous plates and text illustrations from engravings, (inc. an engraved plate of 24 flies), index & supplement index, & index to fly-fishing, in the original dark green cloth, gilt titles and illustrations (fishing motif) on the spine, top and bottom spine edges bit worn, else very good copy . Herbert made many trips to fishing rivers in Canada. This edition with a supplement ". On Fly-Making", pages 426-494. cf. T.P.L. 8020. Lande 1842. Wetzel p156. Heckscher 968. Westwood & Satchell, p115. Bruns #162. Starkman p123. - Landmarks in the Literature of Angling:1496-1969. "Herbert was English born but a long-time resident in the United States. He was a voluminous and good writer. North the first book on angling in American, his Fish and Fishing is certainly one of the first great American works on the subject. It is highly informative, but it also contains passages reminiscent of Dame Juliana and Walton. Goodspeed in his great history, Angling in America, say of Herbert: His standing has for years been such that few person, I fancy, will question his preeminence amongst the older writers on field sports, and no American writer is today so great a favorite with collectors of books on this subject' " Item #39549
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