Author: J. H. Keene
Title: The Practical Fisherman
Description: London, 'The Bazaar' Office, 1881. First edition. Cloth. A practical handbook to fishing, written by J. H. Keene, with information on natural history as well as how to capture freshwater fish, with numerous illustrated plates and interesting adverts to the rear of text. First Edition. Illustrations include a frontispiece, nineteen illustrated plates, and various in-text illustrations, most of which are by H. White and Hill. This is an informative guide for fishermen, with information on 'natural history, the legendary lore, and the capture of British freshwater fish' by J. H. Keene. Referred to as the 'modus operandi' of fishing, this work includes information on the natural characteristics of fish as well as practical considerations on how to make tackle to catch them. Contents include 'The General History of Angling, Tackle, and Baits', 'Notes on Ichthyology, or the Science of Fishes', 'The Perch', and 'The Common Brown Trout&apos. Written by John Harrington Keene. With an errata leaf to the front of text, and thirty-seven pages of publisher's adverts to the rear of text. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Wear to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine, with fading to boards and along the joints. Front hinge is straining while the rear hinge is starting. Remnants of prior owner's ink inscription to front paste down, which a prior owner has tried to remove. The front endpaper has been neatly excised from the binding. Offsetting to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very clean with age-toning to the text. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

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