Consider the Eel by Richard Schweid. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill & London, 2002. First edition, first printing, as indicated by the number line.
Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ is clean and bright with no tears, chips, or fading - a very presentable, nearly new/VG+ copy. Boards are solid and clean. Pages show light age toning typical of this paper stock, with no underlining or annotations. Attractive endpapers in style of homemade rustic paper. No inscriptions or ownership marks. Binding is tight.
A charming and well-regarded work of natural and culinary history tracing the eel from the Sargasso Sea to dinner tables around the world. Ships carefully packed.