FISH CULTURE. By C. F. Hickling.

FISH CULTURE. By C. F. Hickling.

THE LIFE OF THE FIELDS. By Richard Jefferies.

THE LIFE OF THE FIELDS. By Richard Jefferies.

THE PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES: A BOOK FOR PROPRIETORS AND KEEPERS. By Francis Francis.

1883 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Ppvi,114,vi ads + 32pp catalogue of books. Folding plates, end-paper advertisements. Pictorial green cloth gilt. First issue with an advertisement for The Illustrated Queen Almanac for 1883.

Mostly on the hatching and rearing of trout with a description of Howietown and other hatcheries of the period, and of rearing coarse fish. A useful and extensive catalogue of books published by Horace Cox at "The Field", dated 1894, is bound-in at the rear. 'He was a son of Capt. Morgan, R.N., but changed his name after reaching his majority because of the property he had inherited from his grandfather. He was trained as a civil engineer but gave it up for literature. For more than a quarter century he was angling editor of "The Field"'. Hampton.
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Author Francis (Francis). (1822-1886).
Book Code 21363
ISBN B001AVWZUQ.
Book Description Very good copy.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1883
Publisher Horace Cox.
Place London.