APHRODITE'S CARP. By John Langridge. Limited first edition.

2006 1st edition - limited to 500 numbered copies. 8vo (159 x 240mm). Pp272. B/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography. Maroon cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt, tipped-on illustration on upper board, silk marker.

"There is something special about the carp - and there is an extraordinary mystique that surrounds the species and its history. In this book John Langridge goes to equally extraordinary lengths to unravel the legends, debunk the myths, provide everything you ever needed to know about the carp . . . and more. This is a once-in-a-lifetime book that will answer all those questions you hadn't begun to start thinking about and leave you in ever greater awe of this magnificent species." Chapters on the history, natural history, zoogeography, related species, recipes, carp waters, books on carp, of course, carp angling. Originally issued without a dust-wrapper, this copy was subsequently provided with a wrapper by the publisher. There were also 75 leather-bound copies.