marchington john e (7 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp112. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Tom Banks. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used price-clipped dust-wrapper. A collection of essays on British sport - on ratting and pigeon shooting, pike and trout fishing, keepers and gundogs. Chapters include: Guns, men and places; Trout and the constant magic; On rats and ratting; The fascinating pike; In praise of pigeons; Tackle tinkering; Happy the keeper; Dogs of my acquaintance. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp112. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Tom Banks. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Stains to end-papers but good-plus in clipped dust-wrapper. A collection of essays on British sport - on ratting and pigeon shooting, pike and trout fishing, keepers and gundogs. Chapters include: Guns, men and places; Trout and the constant magic; On rats and ratting; The fascinating pike; In praise of pigeons; Tackle tinkering; Happy the keeper; Dogs of my acquaintance. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 241mm). Pp143. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in black, duck motif to upper board. Slightly bumped. Good-plus in slightly tanned dust-wrapper. "Wildfowling is one of the most difficult and hardest forms of shooting. The problems of quarry recognition are immense, conditions are tough and the worse the weather the greater the chance of good sport. In spite of this, more and more people are attracted by this demanding and challenging pursuit and there has never been a greater need for a comprehensive book for the newcomer who may know about shooting, but who has never been wildfowling." Chapters include: Introduction to wildfowling; To begin, firearms law, Protection of Birds Act; The quarries, practical recognition, duck, geese, special problems of waders, migration, breeding grounds, individual species, goose populations, feeding habits of duck; Weaponry; Comfort and survivial; Concealment and marksmanship; Twilight flighting; Day flighting; Geese; Inland wildfowling; Playing the game; General. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 241mm). Pp143. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in black, duck motif to upper board. Minor faults but good-plus in slightly used, price-clipped dust-wrapper. "Wildfowling is one of the most difficult and hardest forms of shooting. The problems of quarry recognition are immense, conditions are tough and the worse the weather the greater the chance of good sport. In spite of this, more and more people are attracted by this demanding and challenging pursuit and there has never been a greater need for a comprehensive book for the newcomer who may know about shooting, but who has never been wildfowling." Chapters include: Introduction to wildfowling; To begin, firearms law, Protection of Birds Act; The quarries, practical recognition, duck, geese, special problems of waders, migration, breeding grounds, individual species, goose populations, feeding habits of duck; Weaponry; Comfort and survivial; Concealment and marksmanship; Twilight flighting; Day flighting; Geese; Inland wildfowling; Playing the game; General. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 223mm). Pp288. B/w illustrations from old engravings, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Top edge dusty but very good in slightly used / clipped dust-wrapper. From The Boke of St Albans to the formation of WAGBI - a good history of the sport. Chapters include: Wildfowling before The Boke; Enter the gun; From The Boke to the parson; Hawker; The Golden Age begins; Decoys and their history; The Golden Age continues; Punt-gunning, the ultimate sport; The Golden Age and its ending; The birth and life of WAGBI; The twentieth century. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 223mm). Pp288. B/w illustrations from old engravings, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. From The Boke of St Albans to the formation of WAGBI - a good history of the sport. Chapters include: Wildfowling before The Boke; Enter the gun; From The Boke to the parson; Hawker; The Golden Age begins; Decoys and their history; The Golden Age continues; Punt-gunning, the ultimate sport; The Golden Age and its ending; The birth and life of WAGBI; The twentieth century. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). 1978 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp223. B/w photographs. Foreword by Tony Jackson. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly used in unclipped dust-wrapper. "John Marchington, well known for his books on shooting and his regular contributions to The Field, has researched his subject extensively and produced in Pugs and Drummers a book that is consistently entertaining and informative." Chapters include; introduction - pugs and drummers at the Game Fair, humans, rabbits and ferrets, the search for accuracy, an assessment of relevant literature; enter the rabbit; the mystery and history of the ferret; the natural history of the rabbit; the natural history of the rabbit - social structure; myxomatosis - the dreadful plague; ferret management; downfalls of the rabbit; ferreting; lay-ups and their solutions; on a shining night; rabbit-stew. This book has to be at the top of anyone's list for this subject area. .