Mason C Weld Editor (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Green cloth-covered boards with black and red stamping of a rooster, with black lettering on the front cover and gilt lettering on the spine. Cloth is rubbed at the corners and along the spine, but the stamping remains bright and handsome. Top fore edge of the text block was dyed black and has faded to a grey over time. Front and rear gutters are cracked, muslin is intact. Binding is secure. Flyleaf signed by a previous owner. Illustrated frontispiece of two creve-coeur chickens. No date on title page. Copyright page is dated 1884. 258 pages. Interiors are clean and unmarked. 22 chapters, covering such topics as "Who should keep poultry?", "The Breeds of Poultry", "Hatching", "Artificial Incubation", and more. Many black-and-white plates of different types of chickens throughout. Overall, a good and readable copy.…