THE TROUT FLY DRESSER'S CABINET OF DEVICES, OR HOW TO TIE FLIES FOR TROUT AND GRAYLING FISHING. By the late H.G. McClelland. ("Athenian" of the "Fishing Gazette"). Ninth edition.

(1899) 1939 9th edition. 12mo (105 x 164mm). Ppviii,137 + 3pp ads. Frontispiece portrait, illustrations. Dark green cloth with rounded corners, upper board and spine titled in gilt.

" In him, the art of fly-dressing has lost, at a very early age, probably the most prolific, ingenious and inventive intellect of the century". (G.E.M. Skues in the Fishing Gazette). The cloth is simply titled, How to Tie Trout Flies. Chapters: On the exact imitation theory; On hooks; On materials; Dyeing, bleaching and other recipes; On the vice and tools; How to dress a wet fly; How to dress a dry fly; Parting observations and hints.