Condition Very Good: Fading and discolouration to the publisher's original cloth boards.
Bumping to corners and head/foot of spine, some wear along edges.
Small indentations.
Cover artwork crisp and clean.
Text block shows its age, moderate fraying to edges, age-related staining.
Ex-libris sticker in front pastedown, some minor staining through endpapers.
Title page with pictorial woodcut vignette is immaculate.
Pages clean and tidy.
Book ever so slightly shaken but fully intact, tightly bound.
Description First presentation copy, Methuen & Co.
, 1893.
Original cloth-bound hardback.
Includes a memoir of the author by W.
G.
Collingwood, enhancing its interest and making it a desirable acquisition for collectors of angling literature and works by John Beever.
Practical Fly Fishing offers detailed advice on the techniques, equipment, and strategies of fly fishing, reflecting late 19th-century angling practice and the author's extensive experience on British rivers and streams.