copyright 1978; reproduction of the original 1881 book; full title: "Book of the Black Bass, Comprising its Complete Scientific and Life History, Together with a Practical Treatise on Angling and Fly Fishing and a Full Description of Tools, Tackle and Implements" "Fully Illustrated, Cincinnati Robert Clarke & Co. 1881"; hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; no dust jacket.
 
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facsimile of the original 1881 Cincinnati edition published by Robert Clarke & Co. ; "Dr. James A. Henshall was a physician, naturalist, fish culturist and angling writer. The fruit of his services with the US Bureau of Fisheries (1896-1917) appeared in the development of several improved methods and devices for the propagation of game fishes, particularly the black bass."--preface