A LIFE FOR CARP. By Peter Mohan. Edited & designed by Mike Starkey.

Language: English

Published by Fishing Book Sender. Caerbannog, Powys. 2013, 2013

0957428367 / 9780957428362

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2013). 2013 1st edition. 4to (182 x 260mm). Pp200. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, silk marker ribbon. Brown boards, gilt motif (author holding carp) to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Fine unread copy in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. Un-numbered out-of-series copy from an edition of 500 copies. This is Peter Mohan's autobiographical account of his life in angling, mainly in pursuit of carp. "He has his own philosophy for carp fishing which is totally different from most carp specialists .There are many extracts and cuttings from newspapers and magazines of the past about his fishing and his organising for carp anglers. Peter has written many fictional short fishing stories and two of these, written especially for this book in January 2013, are included. There is also a section on his ideas and opinions on modern carp fishing, some good true stories from his fishing life and a chapter on his other interests and his life outside angling." Contents include:- Part one: Autobiography - Starting to fish; National service in the RAF; The birth of the British Carp Study Group; A momentous year; Doubles galore; The carp organisations; The Carp Anglers Association; The background to Cypry; Some winter tales; Part two: Miscellany; Part three: The storyteller. The foreword is by Roger Emmet. .

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Title
A LIFE FOR CARP. By Peter Mohan. Edited & designed by Mike Starkey.
Author
Mohan (Peter). (1930-2015).
Publisher
Fishing Book Sender. Caerbannog, Powys. 2013
Publication year
2013
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Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0957428367
ISBN 13
9780957428362
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1st Edition

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.

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Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd

Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd,, Bull House, 15 Penrallt Street
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