L. Wright — The Practical Poultry Keeper: A Complete and Standard Guide to the Management of Poultry, Whether for Domestic Use, the Markets, or Exhibition.
London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. c1880. Cloth. A comprehensive guide to practical and exhibition poultry keeping by poultry, pigeon, and animal expert, Lewis Wright. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fifteenth edition. This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc, and the previous owner's pencil inscription to the title page. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates, with engravings throughout. Collated, complete.A widely used handbook on poultry management, advising on housing, feeding, breeding, showing, and commercial production. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight rubbing to boards. One or two minor handling marks to boards. Endpapers discreetly reinforced with a later lining laid down. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots and handling marks to first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None Stated. Very Good .