Carp Catch by Steuart, First Edition (6 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. Small format. 16mo (94 x 164mm). Pp96. B/w illustrations. Light blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Price 3s 6d. Boards slightly faded, browning to end-papers and foxing to edges. Good, lacks dust-wrapper. One of the scarcer titles in this highly collectable series. Chapters include: Carp - description, feeding, bubblers, surface feeders, feeding temperature, best times to fish, hibernation, transportation; Where to find carp; Spawning and growth; Hook and ground-baits; Tackle; Methods; Night fishing; Crucian carp; Preservation and stocking. The appendix lists carp over 20lb caught on rod and line in the British Isles. .

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 96 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Series editor Kenneth Mansfield. Inscription to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The clipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Blue boards with titles to the spine. Slight foxing to the text block edge, otherwise clean pages and firm binding. Jacket is price clipped and has a bit of edge wear. 1st print, 1955. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1955 1ST EDITION - SERIES "HOW TO CATCH THEM" - VERY GOOD IN A GOOD COMPLETE DUST JACKET [3/6d Net to the inside flap] : coloured light blue boards, with a light fade to the spine [ see image ] and a fade line along the top edge and a small stain, tight and square; clean pages and free of inscriptions, minor early page fox spots; in a complete dust jacket - with good even colour, flattened/closed inch long tear to the top edge of the upper panel, a little fore edge foxing, light extremity rubs only. Small stain area to the inside flap. In a protective and removeable plastic cover. A neat copy, that handles and presents well. One of the scarcer titles in this highly collectable series. 96 pages : illustrations ; Index. 17 cm. MANY OTHERS FROM THIS SERIES AVAILABLE. [NM/SMJ][384AP].

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. Small format. 16mo (94 x 164mm). Pp96. B/w illustrations. Light blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Price 3s 6d. Boards slightly faded, browning to end-papers and foxing to edges. Good in chipped and stained dust-wrapper. One of the scarcer titles in this highly collectable series. Chapters include: Carp - description, feeding, bubblers, surface feeders, feeding temperature, best times to fish, hibernation, transportation; Where to find carp; Spawning and growth; Hook and ground-baits; Tackle; Methods; Night fishing; Crucian carp; Preservation and stocking. The appendix lists carp over 20lb caught on rod and line in the British Isles. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. inscription inside front cover- from Donald Leney's Surrey Trout Farm, Haselmere. Signed By the Author.