Cooper Edwin Lavern (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Soft cove book, 84 pages. Good condition, Natural history of the carp, commercial and sport fishing, preparation and cooking. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 7 x 10, 84 pgs, b&w and color photos. Covers biology and ecology, commerical fishing, sport fishing, eating carp and more.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1987). 1987 1st edition. Large 8vo paperback (177 x 255mm). Ppviii, 84. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, map. Covers stained else good-plus. The traditional view of carp in North America has been that it is inferior to the more desirable species such as bass and trout and is unworthy of angling attention. This book, published by the American Fisheries Society, offers an alternative view and aims to promote what they desribe as "North America's most widely distributed and underutilized fishery resource". Good introductory information on sport fishing along with bow hunting and spearfishing. Much of the book looks at carp as a food fish with advice and photographs on how to prepare your catch for the table along with suggested recipes (skip to page 62 for the carp sausages). Also much scientific information, with references, on biology, ecology and the viability of carp as a commercial resource. An interesting and alternative take on carp and carp fishing. .

Cloth Blue. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Australian Edition. First Edition. Hardcover; blue cloth; quarto; 243 pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white photos and maps. Lacking dustjacket, else a near fine copy of a scarce and important work.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1959 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 28 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Volume 663.