Small abrasions to several pages due to former exposure to damp, slight lean to spine, top edge a little dusty and marked. Good-plus hardback in slightly rubbed and shelf-worn dust-wrapper. Signed by the author on the front end-paper. Number 14 of a deluxe edition limited to only 75 copies. Loosely laid in is an addendum on the author’s experience of the use of Coated Flexi-Link. 8vo (155 x 217mm). Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations. Fully bound in dark blue leather, spine titled in gilt. Deluxe leather-bound edition limited to only 75 copies. Pictures show the actual copy being offered for sale. Any questions please ask. Welcome to the Collector’s Edition of Barbel: Obsession. This is the leatherbound version of my amalgamated trilogy (The Ultimate Big Barbel Experience, Barbel: Mysteries, Theories & Tactical Solutions, and Barbel: The Immortal Challenge). As a valued customer, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing your copy. It is one of only 75 to be published in hardback form from a total print-run of 500 books. Each of the remaining 425 copies are softbacks. Of course, as I write this in advance of the publishing date, I can only imagine how this particular edition will look and feel. Because this is my first experience of hardback publication, I can only hope that I’ve chosen wisely from the samples I originally viewed and that I’ve heeded the advice from those in the know. In so many respects, the antisipation [sic] of the final outcome is extremely exciting – almost as much as when we’re waiting for that next rod-wrenching bite from another magnificent barbel. (Blurb from front dust-wrapper flap). Here, Steve Stayner brings to the bookshelf the material found in his first three titles (The Ultimate Big Barbel Experience, Barbel: Mysteries, Theories & Tactical Solutions, and Barbel: The Immortal Challenge), all in one cover. Even accounting for the most recent influx of barbel books by various authors and publishing houses, for many readers, Steve’s original trilogy still represents the most comprehensive, entertaining and informative works on the species written to date. And with lots of new material added to the updated and more familiar content, the author felt the new title was appropriate for a compilation, which let’s face it, evolved from his very own obsession with these truly magnificent and enigmatic creatures. Barbel: Obsession is much more than a book about barbel and how to catch them. In many ways, Steve almost turns the pastime into a science and offers readers countless hours of educational pleasure as they journey through the mine of information to be found within its pages. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned specialist barbel angler, you will not fail to gain something from it. (Publisher’s blurb on rear panel of dust-wrapper). In common with the majority of the author’s earlier books, Barbel: Obsession has thus far only been published as a limited edition and has since become sought after and quite hard to find. The 2005 first and only edition was limited to a total of 500 copies. Of those 500 copies 75 (known as the Collector’s Edition) were bound in leather and issued with a dust-wrapper. Each of these were numbered on the front flap of the dust-wrapper. The remaining 425 copies were produced as paperbacks and were not individually numbered. This item is in the category “Books, Comics & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectable”. The seller is “lukeedwardsbooks” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Republic of Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aruba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam.
- Non-Fiction Subject: Sports
- Personalised: No
- Year Printed: 2005
- Modified Item: Yes
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Binding: Leather
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Author: Stayner (Steve).
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Language: English
- Modification Description: Signed by the author.
- Signed: Yes
- Publisher: Privately published by the author.
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