Lackey, Bertram D.

Outwitting Trout with a Fly [INSCRIBED]

[INSCRIBED] Bertram D. Lackey. Outwitting Trout with a Fly. Letters of a Western Angler. [Los Angeles: Bertram D. Lackey, 1929.] First edition.

Inscribed by the author to “Ernest” dated “May 9^th-29” on the first blank, ownership signature of “Ernest W. Knight” on the second rear blank.

Octavo. 132 pages, includes one page competition form and one plate of winners’ catches from previous “The Author’s Trophy” awards at the back. Frontispiece photo, six color plates, twelve black and white plates, and eight full-page figures.  Bound in publisher’s limp brown textured covers, stamped lettering to front cover and spine, illustrated endpapers.

Binding rubbed, corners bumped, lettering to front cover and spine faded to blind; occasional smudges to pages and plate margins, textblock solid, but slightly over-opened at page 65. Overall a fascinating collection of letters from the self-styled author “Piscator”. HFP-695. Item #695

Price: $250.00