HALFORD, Frederic M. (1844-1914). Floating Flies and How to Dress Them… New York: Scribner and Welford, 1886. 8vo. 10 hand-colored plates of flies (including one table of Crawshaw and Co.’s special dies). Publisher’s half brown levant over brown cloth, front board and spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, black and gold decorative endleaves (binding worn at edges and spine, a few gutters cracked). FIRST EDITION OF HALFORD’S FIRST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT BOOK, AMERICAN ISSUE, ONE OF ONLY 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES ISSUED FOR THE UNITED STATES (the English issue was issued in 100 large paper copies). [With:] ALS by Halford. Sulden [?] Hotel: July 15th 1896. Addressed “Dr Leroy Milton Gale / My dear sir”. One and one-half 8vo pages on one folding large 8vo leaf (one horizontal crease, some marginal toning). Halford is thanking Dr. Gale for sending him feathers for making flies.