Book Of The Black Bass Comprising Its Complete Scientific And Life History Together With A

by James A Henshall

$300 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, later state with no ads at back. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. i -viii, 9 -463, 464, blank pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gray cloth, with gilt stamped bass on upper cover, spine slightly faded, else fine. Bruns H148; Westwood & Satchell, p. 115 citing a New York ed. . Item #375809 Beatiful copy of a landmark book that “drew the attention of the world to this great fish”

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