The Fly Tyer's Handbook
by Tapply, H. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: Oliver Durrell. Good+ in Good dust jacket. (1949). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Dust wrapper rubbed at edges. 3/8" missing to dust wrapper at corners and at ends of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; [vi], 69, [4] pages. Illustrated. "This book contains all of the instructions one needs to become a skillful fly tyer. The text and illustrations reduce the technique of fly tying to its simplest possible form. At the same time every phase of the subject, from the selection of a vise, hackle pliers, scissors, dubbing needle, wax, etc. to completion of the finished produce, is treated with detailed and refreshing clarity." - from dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10621
- Title
- The Fly Tyer's Handbook
- Author
- Tapply, H. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oliver Durrell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1949)
- Keywords
- Fishing
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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