Practical Trout Culture
New York: Geo. E. Woodward - Orange Judd & Co., 1872. F. 143 pages; tipped-in after the copyright page is a 4-page publisher's catalog of Geo. E. Woodward, printed on lavender paper; contents with black and white illustrations, bibliography of fish culture at back; introductory comments on American pisciculture, history, planning, choosing location of ponds, hatching-houses and apparatus, spawning races, artificial impregnation, incubation & care of young in nursery, first, second & third year growth cautions and feeding, more; transportation of spawn & adults; previous owner name of John R. Remsen Little Neck L.(ong) I.(sland) 1880 on front endpaper; bound in original pebbled-finish green cloth, gilt spine titles; some edge, tips wear to binding; contents with some spotting, soiling, use marks, endpapers chipped a bit, little musty - and still in good overall condition, better than average and good 19th century sporting and trout fishing & fish culture history. Item #20829
Price: $65.00