Author:
SAWADA Ken
Title:
The Art Of The Classic Salmon
Price:
£600.00
Year:
1989
Edition:
1st Edn,
City of Publication:
Otowa, Japan
Summary:
197 pages, large 4to., 500 fine colour photographs depicting salmon flies. Introduction by James Hardy and Alan Bramley text in English and Japanese. Signed on title page by Ken Sawada, James Hardy and Alan Bramley. This is number 81 of a limited edition of 100 copies ,the ordinary edition in the same binding is only signed by Sawada. A fine copy in the full black velvet binding leather, insert to upper cover with gilt title, coloured fore edge in the original slipcase with coloured salmon fly and retained in the printed card packing box. "In this book are shown by excellent photography some of the classic salmon flies of bygone days in all of them being truly a work of art" James Hardy. The first 42 flies shown are Sawada's patterns, the other flies are tied to the patterns of Blacker, Fitz-Gibbon, Francis, Kelson, Hardy, Pryce-Tannatt, Hale and Rogan.
Ref:
13229
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