Geological Ancestors of the Brook Trout and Recent Saibling Forms from Which It Evolved by Quackenbos, John D - 1916

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Front fly inscibed by author "Lucky man be your dole on your favorite stream/John D. Quackenbos" dated 4/25/1916. 200 of only 300 copies. Full green morocco with absolutely no fading. Excerpt from Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Brook" in gilt script to front cover below inset of landscape photograph. Particulars in gilt to spine. Pages uncut and printed on one side only. 1923 gift inscription to front free fly. Otherwise, a clean and handsome copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 50,[14] pages; Signed by Author; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

News York: Published for The Anglers' Club of New York by Tobias A. Wright [150, Bleecker Street, New York], 1916. First edition, no. 53 of an edition of 300 numbered and signed copies. 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. Spine faded and slight wear to extremities, small circular loss on upper cover at left of photograph. Very good. First edition, no. 53 of an edition of 300 numbered and signed copies. Portrait, two plates in black and white, and eight plates of trout in color. 1 vols. 8vo. G.M.L. La Branche to R.B. Marston. A most interesting book, partly scientific, partly lyrical (the author, a distinquished physician, includes samples of his poetry) which moves from a discussion of early angling books, through the characteristics of the ideal angler, to the discovery of a new species of trout at Lake Sunapee, NH, and… Read More