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188864102Youngstown OH: L.B. Logan 1888. 8vo. 4 136 pp. Including 2 woodcut-engraved frontisp. text illustrations diagrams maps. Black embossed publisher’s cloth decorative borders embossed in blind gilt title lettering bound in reverse due to binder’s error very slight interior uniform toning shelfwear slight bumping to corners still a VG bright copy w/ ownership markings of John T. Webber on ffep. First edition of this very uncommon work examining the development and growth of the introduction of the invasive species Carp Cyprinus Carpio into the United States largely due to demand from fast-growing immigrant populations on East and West Coasts and throughout the Midwest. Carefully cultivated Carp Koi in aquaria fish bowls such as in China & Japan managed pond fisheries and aquariums in Europe and the Middle East were before the 1870’s largely not present in the United States. Communities of Jewish-Americans German- French- Austrian- and Scandinavian-Americans besieged the US Commission of Fish & Fisheries to find a solution. This handbook carefully details the history building of Carp holding ponds and aquariums equipment managing predators carp diseases fish food water plants that would survive Carp and much more. Worldcat locates 10 copies; See: Rob Buffler & Tom Dickson The History of Carp Cyprinus Carpio in North America Fishing for Buffalo 1990. L.B. Logan, hardcover