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Book Details

Title

Fishing with the Fly

Author

Charles F. Orvis

Publisher

Privately printed for Orvis by J.J. Little & Co

Year Published

1883

Condition Notes

1883 First Edition. Privately printed for Orvis by J.J. Little & Co.

This is much more scarce than the 1886 edition printed by Houghton Mifflin.

Fifteen color plates by M. Bradley & Co., and one map.

Charles F. Orvis started the Orvis company in 1856 in Manchester, Vermont.

A. Nelson Cheney is a distant relative of former Vice President Dick Cheney, and was a prominent flyfisher and writer.

Please note that the spine has separated in time, though all pages are intact and easily read. Bumped corners and usual signs of age.

Incredibly rare.