Antique DRY FLY ENTOMOLOGY Limited DE LUXE EDITION By F.M Halford 2 x Vol

A very rare find The 1897 Two Volume DE LUXE Limited Edition of only 100 , This set is No.77 by FREDERIC M HALFORD, A Description of Leading Types of Natural insects on English Chalkstreams, an important Historical part of our Fly Fishing History, All the plates are are present and correct, all the hooked flies are present in the 12 X sunken mounts with just about all the flies in good condition with the most very important hand tied Dry flies all good and original, a few will need re-tying if you want to make the set pristine again but not essential, all pages are present and correct, having had the spines professionally re strengthened, the boards are all original and in good order, both volumes are signed in hand written ink my Mr Halford, these books very rarely turn up for sale, as are kept in library collections, here’s your chance to own an original historical set admittedly not 100% pristine but none the less a fine set to own and reconsider restoring if you may wish. Hence the very reasonable price as these sets generally sell from £5000+..