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[ANGLING]. HARROP, Rene and JORGENSEN, Poul and LEISER, Eri...

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[ANGLING]. HARROP, Rene and JORGENSEN, Poul and LEISER, Eric and MERWIN, John and NEFF, Jr. S. A. and SCHWIEBERT, Ernest.?A Book of Small Flies. Frontispiece by Al Barker. Arlington, VT: Isaac Oelgart, 1983. Miniature volume (approximately 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 inches), plus a matching volume containing eight labeled flies on mounts. Hand-colored frontispiece of a fly-fisherman is numbered and initialed by Barker, title printed in brown and black, chapter titles and tail-pieces printed in brown, three feathers tipped in. 105, [2] pages. Brown morocco, boards with single gilt rules, spines lettered in gilt. The order confirmation is in tan wraps with a printed paper label. In a brown cloth slipcase, which is itself housed in a custom fall-down-back case. With the publisher's small bifolium authenticating the order (inscribed and dated by the publisher). Fine.FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 60 COPIES, OUR COPY IS #20, THIS COPY WITH EIGHT MOUNTED FLIES. The essays include: "The Wet Fly" by Ernest Schwiebert; "The Dry Fly" by Rene Harrop; "The Nymph" by Poul Jorgensen; "The Terrestrial" by S.A. Neff Jr.; and "Small-Fly Materials" by Eric Leiser. Introduction by John Merwin. The small flies are all tied on No. 20 hooks, and include ?Rusty Spinner" and ?Olive Spinner" tied by Ernest Schwiebert; a ?Baetis Nymph" and ?Microcaddis Pupa" by Poul Jorgensen; "Slate/Tan No Hackle" and a ?Quill Gordon" by Rene Harrop; and an ant and a beetle by S. A. Neff Jr.?Litchfield 128.?Measurements: 7"L x 6"W x 2"H.