2000 1st edition. Carptalk Enterprises. Newport, East Yorkshire. 4to. Ppviii,336. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Black boards. Cover illustration by John Searl. Fine in dust-wrapper. Author's presentation copy.*
Notes: A well-illustrated record of the growth of carp fishing through the twentieth century, right up to the smashing of many European records in the last years of the century. Other contributors include Fred J. Taylor, Tony Davies-Patrick, Simon Crow, John Carver, Julian Cundiff, Paul Selman, Frank Warwick and Richard Morris. *This copy is inscribed on the half-title "To Rod, Best Fishes! Chris Ball".
