SALMON FLIES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. By P.D. Malloch.

(1890) 1994 1st edition thus. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxiii,25. B/w frontispiece portrait photograph, drawings redrawn by Robin Armstrong. Editor's Note by Justin Knowles and List of Materials compiled by Frank Myhre Hansen. Dark olive leather, spine titled in gilt, all edges gilt, silk marker. Green cloth slipcase.

Previously unpublished in book form, this text with, 17 instructional line drawings, formed a series of articles in The Fishing Gazette of 1890. This new edition incorporates new line drawings, improved from the originals, by Robin Armstrong, and includes an Appendix listing the feather materials stated in the text with their full English and Latin names. Distinguished Norwegian fly-dresser, Frank Myhre Hansen considers both Malloch and the text to be important: "It strikes me at once that it is written by a professional dresser; there is no hesitation in any of his statements on materials and techniques". . . Malloch of Perth was a renowned tackle dealer and author of "The Life History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout and other Freshwater Fish," 1910. However, these earlier writings are undoubtedly more significant for the fly dresser.