Author: LEONARD WEST.
Title: The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation. Being an Angler’s Record of Insects Seen at the Waterside and the Method of Tying the Flies.
Description: Liverpool. William Potter, publisher. 1921 [1912]. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Octavo (9 1/2 x 7 1/2). 163 pp. including index. Thirteen color plates showing natural and artificial flies along with color plates showing fly dressing materials, with a descriptive text plate and tissue guard facing each color plate. Black and white plates showing fly dressing techniques and a plate showing a streamside fly dressing kit. The book is bound in a fine binding of red decorated calf with gilt titles, raised bands with gilt rules on the spine, morocco corners, and red boards. Marbled end papers. Top edge gilt. Scattered foxing in the text, otherwise a handsome book.

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