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THE INTRODUCTION TO KELSON'S "THE SALMON FLY: How to Dress It and How to Use It" by John Buckland was  published by the THE FLY-FISHER'S CLASSIC LIBRARY in 1995. This full LEATHER book is a LIMITED EDITION of 60 copies.
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THE FLY-FISHER'S CLASSIC LIBRARY publishes titles of some of the greatest fly-fishing books of all time, by such famous angling authors as Arthur Ransome, William Blacker, Harry Plucket Greene, Frederic Halford, Ephemera and G E M Skues. Published in Great Britain and produced to the highest standards, there books are quarter or fully bound in LEATHER with marbled or colored ENDPAPERS, head and tail BANDS, silk RIBBON-MARKERS and SLIPCASES. These important and rare books on angling are usually based on the original first edition with relevant additions to provide the most comprehensive text, together with the finest ILLUSTRATIONS. Many of the books feature specially commissioned introductions from leading authorities, and previously unpublished manuscript pages, letters and photographs. Most titles are produced as LIMITED EDITIONS.
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THE INTRODUCTION TO KELSON'S "THE SALMON FLY: How To Dress It & How To Use It" is the one authorative introduction to this milestone in salmon literature, specially commissioned for the Flyfisher's Classics Library.                                                                                                         
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Illustrated with a few black and white drawings and photographs.
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Bound in beautiful BLACK leather, printed red endpapers, spine lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt with the stamp (three fish in a circle) of "The Flyfisher's Classic Library". The front cover is also gilt stamped with the design of "The Flyfisher's Classic Library", marbled endpapers, and a BLACK slipcase.
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THE BOOK AND SLIPCASE ARE IN VERY FINE CONDITION. 

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-6 1/4" by 9 1/4"
-satin ribbon marker
-52 pages.

-introduction by John Buckland.
-printed and bound by the Woolnough Bokkbinding Ltd, England.

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60 COPIES.

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The definative intoduction to Kelson's classic work, enjoy. 

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I am currently selling AMWELL PRESS, BRIAR PATCH PRESS, FLYFISHER'S CLASSICS LIBRARY AND SAFARI PRESS Limited Edition titles, as well as other LEATHER "Hunting & Fishing" titles from other publishers.

NOTE: any glare is from my camera, not the book.