9780862300388 - Sportsman's Companion (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppx,262. B/w photographs, illustrations by Pamela Hardwick, Donald Green, Sam Grice and Nicky Lunn. Speckled purple boads, spine titled in gilt. Corners bumped, foxing to edges, slight use and spotting to end-papers. Good-plus in slightly used and faded dust-wrapper. A collection of articles on many aspects of fishing and field sports. Articles include: Fishing for salmon; To catch a pike; Keepers and poachers; Grouse shooting; Woodcock shooting; High pheasants; The keeper's year; Evolution of the modern shotgun; The modern trout fishery; Take a break; The syndicate; Shooting woodpigeon; The creck; Ramrod and powder flask; North American waterfowl hunting; Shooting in Sind; 'Pull!'; The salmon fisherman; The fine art of coarse fishing; In pursuit of the carp; An affectionate introduction to sea angling; Bring the catch home safe; When darkness falls; Basic principles of gundog training; You can take a dog to water; Gundog field trials; The abominable dog; Flies dressed to kill; Cartridge loading; The shooter's wardrobe; Pick a pattern. The final articles are fictional short stories: Music from a haunted river, Ewan Clarkson; The Annual General Meeting, Bruce Sandison; Belated Evidence, Gerald Hammond; Slim's Chance, Mike Barnes; The claybusters; Joker's Wild. The numerous contributors include: Tim Boone, John Bailey, Andy Spreadbury, Digger Derrington, Colin Jones, Eric Begbie, Sam Grice, Alexander Roosmalecocq, Izaak Walton, Peter Hawker, L.H. de Visme Shaw, Sir Ralph Payne-Galwey, Trevor Macdonald, Pat Whatley, Iain MacKenzie, Charles Miller, Arthur Shepherd, Mike Maier, Edith Grant, James Wright. .

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hardwick, Pamela ; Green, Donald ; Grice, Sam ; Lunn, Nicky (illustrator). Hardback with dust-wrapper. 256pp. Illus. A little edge wear to d/w. A decent copy. (bs56).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.