W. BLACKER'S ART OF ANGLING, and complete system of fly making, and dyeing of colours. Illustrated with plates shewing the different processes of the fly before it is finished... Published by the author, W. Blacker, Fly Maker, and Dyer of Colours.

1842 1st edition, 2nd issue. 16mo (95 x 150mm). Pp48. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece ("Fly Fishing") and 5 engraved plates of flies and materials. Full black calf, untitled, in black cloth slipcase titled in gilt "Blacker's Art of Fly Making." This 2nd issue, not in WandS, was printed in London. The section of fly dressings has blank spaces where actual flies could have been tipped in. They are not (nor ever were) in this copy.

"...Giving the angler a perfect knowledge of every thing requisite to complete him in this noble art. Published by the author, W. Blacker, Fly Maker, and Dyer of Colours. 54 Dean St., Soho Sqre, London. March 1842."