Professionals Book of Koi [Hardcover]

Anmarie Barrie (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 159 pages
• Publisher: TFH Publications; 1St Edition edition (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0866225285
• ISBN-13: 978-0866225281
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,431,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Koi, the beauty of it all, April 25, 2000

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Lenore Shiveley (Bremerton, Wa.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professionals Book of Koi (Hardcover)

I found this book to be quite informative, had found a copy in the library and wanted one of my own. For the Koi enthusiast, or beginning breeder of same, this book is a must have, the photos are fantastic, it's another great book to add to my collection of similar books on Koi.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not really the Professional's Book, July 23, 2004

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D. A. Farrington - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professionals Book of Koi (Hardcover)

This is more of a book geared toward beginners and enthusiasts. Too often the comments are very general in character -- under anatomy, for instance, the author tells us that koi have all the usual internal organs one would expect -- and the author frequently refers the reader to other publications. There are numerous very nice color photographs and the book is easy to read. It just scratches the surface, however, and so is perhaps not aptly named.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is no book for the Professional., March 25, 2003

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Robert L. Hight "R. L. Hight" (Tulsa, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professionals Book of Koi (Hardcover)

The Professional's Book of Koi is little more than a beginner's book with inferior photography. Anyone who has cared for koi for more than a few weeks will very little that is not available in dozens of other beginners books. That this might be a book useful for even the serious amateur is laughable. It was a waste of my money and anyone else's foolish enough to purchase it.