The Completely Illustrated Guide for Koi in Your Pond 

By: Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod.

• Completely illustrated guide to every kind of kio imaginable for your pond.
• Learn more about the pets we have come to love. 
• Their heritage, linage, breeding, and value are all covered in this Koi lovers bible.

This is the most comprehensive - by - far of all koi books.  Dr Axelrod and his co-authors manage to bridge the gaps between all of the different koi types being bred in the world today, from the purely classical colors and shapes of the traditional Japanese koi right through the Israeli and American modifications on the basic Japanese theme: the new American-bred long-finned koi is just one example.  Apart from all of the beautiful full-color photos - all coated with plastic to give them added vitality and durability - and the very practical considerations involved in setting up a koi pond and keeping its inhabitants in good health, the book also contains fascinating reading dealing with the history of cultivated carp dating all the way back to the first centry B.C.  Beautiful as well as immensely thorough, useful and interesting,  The Completely Illustrated Guide to Koi for Your Pond is a milestone in koi literature.