ISBN: 9780907069317 - fowler in ireland: or, notes on the haunts and habits of wildfowl and seafowl including instructions in the art of shooting and capturing them (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1985). (1882) 1985 new edition. 8vo (142 x 227mm). Ppxiv,503. Plates & text illustrations by C.Whymper & others. Green boards, spine and upper board titled in gilt, gilt illustration to upper board. Slight use/ spotting but good-plus. This is Sir Ralph-Gallwey's exhaustive and detailed account of all aspects of wildfowling. Chapters include: Ducks; Mallard, wigeon, teal and others; Decoys (decoy ponds) and their use; Mergansers; Great Northern Divers, Gannets, Cormorants, Shags, Grebes and others; Wild geese; Swans; Plovers, plover netting; Snipe and woodcock, with much material on Ireland; Shore birds - curlews, whimbrels, ibis, avocet and others; Marsh birds - herons, bitterns and rails; The Skellig Rocks and their seafowl; Birds and lighthouses - the Skelligs, Copeland Island, Tuscar Rock, Tory Island, Howth, Old Head of Kinsale, Carlingford, Dundalk, the Blasquets; Birds of prey - eagles, ospreys, kites, buzzards, peregrines, Greenland and Iceland falcons, owls and others; Irish mammals, deer, goats, foxes, martens, stoats and weasels, wild cats, otters, seals and others; Boats - yawls and cutters, punts; Professional fowlers and puntgunning; Two chapters on all aspects of punt guns; Construction of fowling punts. .…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Pages: xiv, 503, + frontispiece and 16 leaves of plates. 225x140mm. Original green buckram decorated and lettered in gilt, with clear plastic jacket. A very attractive facsimile reproduction of the original 1882 edition, complete with all full page plates and text cut illustrations. A fine copy free from any inscriptions, library stamps or other markings. *** PACKED WEIGHT OVER 1 KG. EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGE (AT COST) WILL BE REQUESTED FOR DELIVERIES OUTSIDE OF IRELAND, UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE ***.…

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Condition Notes: Couple of marks to the foot of the text block, a decent copy otherwise; Hardback. Dust wrapper over green boards with gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 9" x 5¾" (1.4 kg); pp (xiii) 503; Index; In the Field Library series; Includes: Black & white plates; Black & white drawings; Cutaways; Frontispiece; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #204847 ||. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Marvellous condition: no creases, tears, marks but for smudging on page edges. Cover is bound in green cloth with decoration and lettering in gilt, beautiful. Protected in clear plastic jacket.