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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 4to. Pp192. Colour photographs & b/w illustrations. Black cloth. Fine in dust-wrapper. "The Guinness Book of World Records cites a huge Nile Perch weighing. 510lb. as being caught by local fishermen on Lake Victoria. Moreover, on Lake Nasser, in Egypt, a number of Nile Perch weighing well in excess of 200lb have been caught [on Lake Nasser]. and the largest perch reliably reported by the Egyptian fisheries department is a massive 378lb". Includes a list of Nasser's top twenty fish, to 230lb. This first book dealing with the subject is a practical and useful guide totackling these immense and forbidding predators. Covers tackle and techniques in detail, something of the story of angling at Lake Nasser, as well as the biology and ecology of the Nile Perch. Many of the lake's other quarry species are also mentioned, including (very large) carp and (huge) vundu catfish, bottle-nosed bream, tilapia and others. "The authors [also] present pointers about travelling to other locations for Nile Perch,such as Murchison Falls in Uganda", as well as John Wilson's account of his enormous captures there. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95.…

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. Signed and inscribed first edition hardback, 2008, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine condition. Binding tight and appears unread. Internally clean, no annotation - signed by Barrie Rickardâs to title page with brief inscription to Jon and Rosie (Ward-Allen of the Medlar Press); text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. Signed.…