Complete Book Roach by Everard Mark: First Edition (5 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2006). 2006 1st edition. Large 8vo (162 x 240mm). Pp436. B/w photographs and illustrations throughout, bibliography, silk marker ribbon. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. A very fine unread copy in dust-wrapper. One of the first printing of only 600 copies. "The most comprehensive book on the roach ever attempted. Some might say (not without justification) that it is a work of obsession. But roach can become an obsession. This book covers virtually every aspect of the roach. It starts with a natural history of the fish, moves on to successful angling techniques and fishery management, before considering technology, research, art, gastronomy and literature. It is written to inform, to pique the curiosity, to serve as a ready reference, and to broaden appreciation of this fascinating fish." A superb and wide-ranging monograph containing everything you might want to know about the roach. The is the true first edition (July 2006). The imprint page states "This book is from a first printing of 600 copies of which 90 are bound in leather." .…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Type: Book.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing of 600. Pages clean and bright, with inscriptions written by the previous owner on half-title and title pages, boards and binding tidy, dust jacket neat. Size: 8vo.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2006). 2006 1st edition. Large 8vo (162 x 250mm). Pp436. B/w photographs & illustrations throughout, bibliography. Dark green quarter leather over light green pictorial cloth, marbled end-papers, silk marker ribbon. Edition limited to 90 signed and numbered copies. Fine copy in slip-case. Copy number #28 of 90 copies quarter-bound in leather. Signed by the author "Happy roaching! Tight lines, Mark Everard." "The most comprehensive book on the roach ever attempted. Some might say (not without justification) that it is a work of obsession. But roach can become an obsession. This book covers virtually every aspect of the roach. It starts with a natural history of the fish, moves on to successful angling techniques and fishery management, before considering technology, research, art, gastronomy and literature. It is written to inform, to pique the curiosity, to serve as a ready reference, and to broaden appreciation of this fascinating fish". A superb and wide-ranging monograph containing everything you might want to know about the roach. This handsome limited edition, quarter-bound in Morocco goatskin over pictorial cloth boards, is one of the most attractive of the fine books produced by the Medlar Press. .…