Isbn: 9781784740863 - silver shoals: five fish that made britain (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9781784740863.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2018). 2018 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 222mm). Ppviii,359. B/w heading vignettes. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Near fine copy in very slightly used dust-wrapper. "On these rain-swept islands at the edge of the North Atlantic man and fish go back a long way. Fish are woven through the fabric of the country's history: we depend on them - for food, for livelihood and for fun - and now their fate depends on us in a relationship which has become more complex, passionate and precarious in the sophisticated twenty-first century. In Silver Shoals Charles Rangeley-Wilson travels north, south, east and west through the British Isles tracing the histories, living and past, of our most iconic fish - cod, carp, eels, salmon and herring - and of the fishermen who catch them and care for them. In the company of trawlermen, longshoremen, conservationists and anglers Charles goes to sea in a trawler, whiles away afternoons setting eel nets, tries to bag his first elusive carp and drifts for herring on Guy Fawkes night as firework starburst the sky. Underscoring this journey is a fascinating historical exploration of these creatures that have shaped our island story. We learn how abundant and valued these fish were centuries before our current crisis of over-fishing: we learn how eels built our monasteries, how cod sank the Spanish Armada, how fish and chips helped us through two world wars. Of course there is a deeper environmental dimension to the story, but Charle's optimistic perspective is this: no one is more invested in fish than the fishermen whose lives depend on them. If we can find a way to harness that passion then the future of fish and fishing in Britain could be as extraordinary as its past." .…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. 2018. [viii], 359pp. "Silver Shoals tells the story of fish in Britain and the fishermen whose lives are bound up with them. Using the compass points as a structure, Charles Rangeley Wilson looks at cod in the North, eels in the East, Carp in the South, salmon in the West, and bookends this with a meditation on the herring seas of his Norfolk village." Both book and unclipped dust jacket are in excellent condition. All contents are tight and clean. There are no inscriptions.…