Author: JOSEPH D. BATES.
Title: The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. {This Book was Joesph Bates’ Personal Copy. It has His Bookplate, a Salmon Fly Dressed by Him, and a Typed Letter by His Daughter}.
Description: Boston. David R. Godine, Publisher. 1987. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 9). 232 pp. including bibliography, index. This book was Joseph D. Bates’ personal copy. It has his bookplate on the front paste down, a size 4 Black Hairwing salmon fly dressed by Joseph Bates, a typed letter written by his daughter, Pamala Bates Richards, pointing out that Mr. Bates never sold his own flies, and book’s prospectus, laid-in. Colonel Bates donated his extensive salmon fly collection to The American Museum of Fly Fishing. There’s a newspaper clipping laid-in describing the donation. Illustrated color frontispiece of a leaping salmon by Henry McDaniel. Twenty color plates of salmon flies and a river scene. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. A landmark book, showcasing the renaissance of nineteenth century Atlantic salmon fly patterns. A book published with the highest quality standards by David Godine. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Decorated end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. A one-of-a-kind book. It’s fine in a fine dust jacket.

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