The Carp Catchers' Club (Limited Edition Signed By Chris Yates)

Ingham,Maurice

Published by The Medlar Press, Ellesmere Shropshire, 1998

About this Item

This is a Fine Copy of this Book Bound in black cloth boards with gilt title lettering to the spine and upper cover.Issued without Dust-Jacket.Superb copy appears to be unread and has been Signed on the half title page by Carp Supremo and Author Chris Yates (casting at the sun) etc.Yates wrote the foreword to this book.This is one of 893 Copies produced in this format and is numbered 284,some 99 copies were bound in leather and 44 were bound in full vellum.This copy was acquired from an Author's impressive private library of fishing books with many more yet to be listed.This is a highly illustrated compilation of letters between Maurice Ingham, Dick Walker 'BB' (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) Bernard Venables and many others. With biographies of the Club members.There is an Introduction by Maurice Ingham.It is a fascinating record of early carp catching, fully illustrated with photos, maps and drawings.An invaluable source of information and a comprehensive history of the day to day edging forward of the most influential school of coarse anglers that this century has produced.Scarce title that appears to be unread and extra special with Christ Yates's signature present,Thick 8vo 494pp Limited Edition No 284 [1998].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Carp Catchers' Club (Limited Edition Signed By Chris Yates)
• Publisher: The Medlar Press, Ellesmere Shropshire
• Publication Date: 1998
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited/Numbered
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed
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