9780720714166 - Handbook of Shooting: The Sporting Shotgun (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Ripped/damaged jacket. The dust jacket of this book is slightly damaged/ripped, however, this does not affect the internal condition.

First Edition. Reprint, 1984. A tidy hardback in tight binding; dust jacket spine a little faded Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). (1983) 1984 reprint. Large 8vo (180 x 247mm). Pp144. Colour identification paintings, b/w photographs and line illustrations, location maps, proof marks, foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly spine-faded and rubbed dust-wrapper. This book was produced for the British Association for Shooting and Conservation as a textbook for BASC's Proficiency Award Scheme. An excellent introduction to shooting etiqette, quarry, sporting shotguns, the law and conservation. Chapters include: Understanding our sport; Shotguns and cartridges; Shotgun safety; The law relating to shooting; Behaviour in the field; Quarry identification; Rough shooting; Formal driven game shooting; Coastal duck, goose and wader shooting; The role of gundogs; Gamekeeping. Appendices include: Officially designated areas of landscape or conservation value; Conservation research studies conducted by B.A.S.C; British and Spanish proof marks; Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; Shooting a moving target. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. ex library with usual stamps etc, dust jacket is in fair condition, minor losses and grubby, 144pp, pages slight grubby at beginning, overall good minus condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Hardback. FEP removed. Shelf wear and a couple of small tears to D/J. Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Designed for newcomers to sporting shotgun shooting, this book has much to offer more experienced sportsmen, too. It covers shotgun safety, the basic rules of gun handling in the field, while travelling and at home; it examines the parts of the shotgun and their respective functions in some detail, as well as cartridges, and discusses the effective quarry; it outlines the law as it relates to shooting, possession of guns, the game seasons, the schedules of protected birds, land-ownership and sporting rights; it discusses specific aspects of the sport -rough-shooting, game shooting, and wild-fowling. It also includes chapters on behaviour in the field, the role of gundogs, the part played by gamekeepers in habitat and game management; it has a comprehensive section on quarry species and their identification illustrated in full colour. Illustrated. 144 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Designed for newcomers to sporting shotgun shooting, this book has much to offer more experienced sportsmen, too. It covers shotgun safety, the basic rules of gun handling in the field, while travelling and at home; it examines the parts of the shotgun and their respective functions in some detail, as well as cartridges, and discusses the effective quarry; it outlines the law as it relates to shooting, possession of guns, the game seasons, the schedules of protected birds, land-ownership and sporting rights; it discusses specific aspects of the sport -rough-shooting, game shooting, and wild-fowling. It also includes chapters on behaviour in the field, the role of gundogs, the part played by gamekeepers in habitat and game management; it has a comprehensive section on quarry species and their identification illustrated in full colour. Illustrated. Very slight foxing to end pages and inside flaps of D/J. Couple of small scratches to D/J. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Designed for newcomers to sporting shotgun shooting, this book has much to offer more experienced sportsmen, too. It covers shotgun safety, the basic rules of gun handling in the field, while travelling and at home; it examines the parts of the shotgun and their respective functions in some detail, as well as cartridges, and discusses the effective quarry; it outlines the law as it relates to shooting, possession of guns, the game seasons, the schedules of protected birds, land-ownership and sporting rights; it discusses specific aspects of the sport -rough-shooting, game shooting, and wild-fowling. It also includes chapters on behaviour in the field, the role of gundogs, the part played by gamekeepers in habitat and game management; it has a comprehensive section on quarry species and their identification illustrated in full colour. Illustrated. Very slight foxing to end pages and inside flaps of D/J. Couple of small scratches to D/J. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).