CLASSIC SALMON FLIES: THE FRANCIS FRANCIS COLLECTION. Described and illustrated by James Waltham.

1983 1st edition. 4to (195 x 254mm). Ppxii,116. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt.

James Waltham "has taken that part of the Francis Francis classic, Book on Angling (1867), which dealt with salmon fishing and, by judicious editing, has made it accessible and relevant to today's anglers". Many traditional dressings, organised by region of the British Isles, with new material added by the editor on tying techniques, "a list of feathers and substitutes, and an appreciation and brief biography of Francis Francis ...and eight colour plates of the most important flies painted by the author".