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1984 · réf. 59553 — Portland OR: Frank Amato Publications. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1984. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR at the title page. First Edition 1984 unstated but implied: no subsequent printings noted in accordance with Frank Amato Publications' cutomary practice. Edition Limited to 300 copies of which this is number 259. Near Fine in a Good DJ: The Book shows a touch or roll to the binding; else flawless; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps or labels. A handsome very nearly-new copy structurally sound and tightly bound showing a single imperfection. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows light wear to extremities with a 1/4" closed tear at the top edge of the front panel and a tiny snag at the head of the back-strip; mild rubbing to the panels; dampstaining to the top edge of the front panel only apparent from verso and at the top of the inside front flap ; faint waviness - perhaps 'crinkliness'- to the DJ overall; the price $28.00 is unclipped. Clean intact presentable but showing the noted imperfections. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. Oblong 8vo 8.65 x 11.35 x 0.7 inches . Sparsely illustrated with duotone drawings tables and a 16-page color photographic plate section. Language: English. Weight: 28 ounces. Dark forest green cloth over boards with gilt embossed titles and designs at the front panel and gilt titles at the back-strip. Hardback with DJ. The native trout of the continental United States exist today largely as isolated remnant populations in tiny rivulets beyond the reach of hatchery trucks. Except for Alaska current fish populations in most primary trout streams are a mixture of exotics and exotic/native hybrids that out-compete and ultimately replace the original genetically pure endemic strains. The author tours some of the remaining strongholds of native strains of trout and reports back on his adventures. Chapters include: Geology and the trout; Beginnings; Evolution of an angler; Coastal Cutthroats; Westslope and Mountain Cutthroats; Yellowstone and Fine-Spotted Snake River Cutthroats; Native trout of the Lahontan Basin; Trout of the Boneeville Basin; Native trout of the Alvord Basin; Native Trout of the Central and Southern Rocky Mountains; Rio Grande Cutthroats - 1 and 2; Redband Trout; Golden Trout of the High Sierras; Native trout of the Lower Colorado system; Rainbow Trout - 1 2 and 3; Trout of the Sierra Madre Occidental; Atlantic Salmon; Lake Trout; Arctic Charr; Dolly Varden Charr and the Bull Trout; Eastern Brook Trout; Mending the cast. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages; Signed by Author . Frank Amato Publications hardcover