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Frontispiece photo and 1 plate depicting game cocks printed in gravure, with 11 lithographed plates of artificial flies and their natural counterparts by Alma W. Froderstrom, 7 of which are hand-colored. (8vo) original blue cloth, stamped in gilt, titles on a blue background, top edge gilt, slipcase. No. 605 of 850 copies. First Edition.

Touted upon its publication as "the most important book to the American Fly-Fisher ever published," Jennings'’s book was the first systematic angler’s' entomology for American waters. Largely devoted to mayflies, it also includes chapters on stoneflies, caddisflies, ants, midges, variants, and minnow imitations, setting the standard for subsequent books on the subject. "As a production," writes Paul Schullery, "it has rarely been matched." Bruns J16; Siegel 88.