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ALDAM (W.H.) A Quaint Treatise on "Flees and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making", FIRST EDITION, PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHOR SIGNED "yours faithfully W.H. Aldam" beneath the image, the photo affixed to the verso of the dedication leaf with a pin, John B. Day, 1876
14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
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ALDAM (W.H.)
A Quaint Treatise on "Flees and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making", FIRST EDITION, PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHOR SIGNED "yours faithfully W.H. Aldam" beneath the image, the photo affixed to the verso of the dedication leaf with a pin, half-title, 2 chromolithographed plates after James Poole, 25 actual specimens of hooked flies, and samples of fly-tying materials within 22 sunken mounts, samples attached with coloured serrated paper seals, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, g.e., [Westwood & Satchell, p.3], 4to, John B. Day, 1876
Footnotes
Provenance: Francis Alvey Rhodes Darwin (1851-1937), bookplate.