Manual of Taxidermy for Amateurs - 1901

Published New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Copyright 1901.

Charles Johnson Maynard (1845-1929).

Book owned by "Berton B. Fabel 802 So. 23rd St. Easton PA"

Contents:

• Collecting (Birds)
• Skinning
• Making skins
• Mounting birds
• Making stands
• Collecting mammals
• Mounting mammals
• Mounting reptiles, batrachians, and fishes

Owner has added some interesting recipe notes at very back of book, on blank page: 'Arsenic soap for mounting animals..', 'Solution for tanning hides' 'Buck skin tan'.

Good condition, one blank page detached, some separation of binding. Cover has a few ink blotches, back cover has owner info added.

130 pages.

7 ½" x 5"