With Rod and Line in Colorado Waters. Denver: Chain, Hardy & Co., Booksellers and Publishers, 1884. (Dates on title and copyright pages are the same, with no listing of subsequent printing.) David Atwood, Printer and Stereotyper. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" 151 pages cloth hardcover with no dustjacket.  Bright gilt lettering and design on the front cover and faded lettering, but still legible, on the spine. Light cover edge wear. A few small smudges on the back cover. Previous owner name and address label inside the front cover. On the reverse side of the front flyleaf are some pencil notations, I think are about the book. Within the text, I found a few incidental spots of probably about or less than 1/8" in diameter. There is one on page 118. They are not that easy to find. I see no other previous owner markings.  No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. sLF20b

"With Rod and Line in Colorado Waters" by Lewis B. France is a memoir-style fishing narrative written in the late 19th century. The work captures the author's experiences and reflections as he engages in the sport of fishing in Colorado's natural landscapes. It combines elements of personal anecdotes with a love for nature, focusing on the joys and struggles that accompany the life of an angler. The opening of the book introduces readers to a nostalgic recollection of the author's childhood fishing adventures and contrasts this with his later explorations in the Colorado wilderness. We meet a young boy who experiences his first catch, which includes a significant struggle with an eel, setting a playful tone. This leads to a more mature perspective, as the author recounts his friendships, camping trips, and the allure of fishing in the beautiful yet challenging terrains of Colorado. He navigates through memories of fishing successes and failures, interaction with nature, and the enduring love for the sport that binds the experiences together." - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45016

        "Lewis B. France (1833–1907) was a nationally renowned nature writer in the late 1800s and early 1900s, best known for his works on fly-fishing. France represented an emerging trend in the American West—the melding of natural resource utilization, tourism, and boosterism to create the industry known as ecotourism. As Colorado’s first recognized outdoor writer, he told engaging tales of fly-fishing and outlined concerns about sporting ethics and the protection of fish and game species. From the 1880s until his death in 1907, France’s outdoor articles appeared frequently in national sporting journals such as American Angler and Outdoor Life. Today, France’s legacy is visible in Colorado’s fish and game conservancy laws, and his writings still appear regularly in outdoor periodicals.
         On a spring morning in 1868, France packed his buckboard with camping gear and a bamboo fishing rod and embarked up the South Platte River canyon from Denver on a weeklong outing. Traveling the river’s north fork to the present vicinity of Pine Junction, France pitched his tent and went fishing. At one point he cast a line into the water, and a large trout immediately devoured it. He documented this incident and other successful results of the trip in his 1884 book, With Rod and Line in Colorado Waters, the first book devoted to outdoor sporting in a state that quickly became renowned for such activities." - https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/lewis-b-france