MAKING A FISHERY. By Frederic M. Halford ("Detached Badger" of "The Field"). First edition.

1895 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppvi,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text ills. Dark blue cloth with bevelled edges, gilt-ruled border to upper board, upper board and spine titled in gilt. 7/6.

Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution.