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Author: Bates, Joseph D., Jr.
Title: The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:David R. Godine
Date Published: [1987]
Description:

Color frontispiece and line drawings in black & white by Henry McDaniel, plus another color plate by him at end; 23 color plates of tied flies; a few black & white illustrations from photographs. With an extra suite of the color plates, and an original mounted tied fly. (4to) bound by Claudia Cohen in quarter red morocco and linen, spine lettered in gilt, matching drop-back case with leather spine label. No. XLI of 85 copies specially bound with the extra suite of plates and tied fly. First Edition, deluxe issue.

Signed by Bates on the limitation-page and on the inside of the plates folder. Sumptuously produced edition, handsomely bound and cased, the original tied fly is an example of the "Colonel Bates" salmon fly, tied by Ted Kantner and signed by him on printed label on mat. The color plates of flies show over 300 ancient to modern patterns from the author‘s extensive collection.

Fine.