Carpenter, William

The Angler's Assistant; Comprising Practical Directions for Bottom-Fishing, Trolling, &c., with Ample Instructions for the Preparation & Use of Tackle and Baits; a Descriptive Account of the Habits and Haunts of Fish, and a Geographical and Ichthyological Account of the Principal Rivers & Streams in England.

London: David Bogue, 1848. First edition. 12mo. viii, 153 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, cut of fish, vignettes, etc., frontispiece plate of hand-colored flies. Heckscher 357. With an old Liverpool subscriber's library label on the front pastedown; still a very good copy. Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth (spine ends somewhat worn), with gilt-stamped illustrated spine (dull). (8708). Item #61797

Price: $200.00