Geological Ancestors of the Brook Trout and recent saibling forms from which it evolved

by John D. Quackenbos

$500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition · Signed

First edition, No. 159 of an edition of 300 numbered and signed copies, this copy oddly enough unsigned on limitation page. Portrait, two plates in black and white, and eight plates of trout in color. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green calf, gilt lettered quatrain from Tennyson's The Brook on upper cover beneath an inset landscape photograph. New green morocco spine. Wear and soiling to boards, still a sound copy of a scarce book. Bruns Q1. Item

• Binding: Leather

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