Reedbush press (11 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2007). 2007 1st edition. Ppviii,226. B/w illustrations by the author. Dark blue boards. Fine in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. Modelled on Nigel Thorneycroft's "Fowler's Moon", this tells the story of a season of wildfowling on the Fens and the Wash. . Gray, Phil (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Account of the authors visit to Zimbabwe, staying with the aristocratic farmer Nigel Thornycroft in 1981. Includes their letters, describing the state of, then, Rhodesia. Inscribed by the author to the title page. With b/w images. Some mild wear to DJ. Else clean and tight. Good/very good. Inscribed by Author(s).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2006). 2006 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 217mm). Ppviii,138. B/w photographs, illustrations by Corona Thornycroft. Black boards, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. No. 25 of an edition limited to 300 numbered copies. In 1959 the eighteen year old Gray bought a copy of Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon." The book told of coastal fowling on the salt marshes of the Wash, and described many places that the young Gray knew. He wrote to Thornycroft, by now farming in Rhodesia, beginning a long correspondence and friendship. Many of their letters are reproduced here, discussing wildfowling and giving vivid first-hand descriptions of the last days of the old Rhodesia and the beginning of Mugabe's regime. Gray describes his 1981 hunting safari on the Zambesi with the Thornycroft family. In the latter part of the book he reproduces sections from the game diaries of Corona Thornycroft, Nigel's wife; game shooting and wildfowling, fishing and an elk-hunt, illustrated by her charming sketches. Finally comes Nigel's description of an exciting and successful day punt-gunning for wigeon with Peter Scott. Fenman in Africa should be read in conjunction with Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon" and "Nigel and Corona", with which it shares characters and settings. Coch-y-Bonddu stock numbers, 24622 and 34598 respectively. . Corona Thornycroft (illustrator).…

Zustand: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2006). 2006 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 217mm). Ppviii,138. B/w photographs, illustrations by Corona Thornycroft. Black boards, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. In 1959 the eighteen year old Gray bought a copy of Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon." The book told of coastal fowling on the salt marshes of the Wash, and described many places that the young Gray knew. He wrote to Thornycroft, by now farming in Rhodesia, beginning a long correspondence and friendship. Many of their letters are reproduced here, discussing wildfowling and giving vivid first-hand descriptions of the last days of the old Rhodesia and the beginning of Mugabe's regime. Gray describes his 1981 hunting safari on the Zambesi with the Thornycroft family. In the latter part of the book he reproduces sections from the game diaries of Corona Thornycroft, Nigel's wife; game shooting and wildfowling, fishing and an elk-hunt, illustrated by her charming sketches. Finally comes Nigel's description of an exciting and successful day punt-gunning for wigeon with Peter Scott. Fenman in Africa should be read in conjunction with Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon" and "Nigel and Corona", with which it shares characters and settings. Coch-y-Bonddu stock numbers, 24622 and 34598 respectively. . Corona Thornycroft (illustrator). …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2006). 2006 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 217mm). Ppviii,138. B/w photographs, illustrations by Corona Thornycroft. Black boards, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. No. 6 of an edition limited to 300 numbered copies. * Note from author enclosed. In 1959 the eighteen year old Gray bought a copy of Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon." The book told of coastal fowling on the salt marshes of the Wash, and described many places that the young Gray knew. He wrote to Thornycroft, by now farming in Rhodesia, beginning a long correspondence and friendship. Many of their letters are reproduced here, discussing wildfowling and giving vivid first-hand descriptions of the last days of the old Rhodesia and the beginning of Mugabe's regime. Gray describes his 1981 hunting safari on the Zambesi with the Thornycroft family. In the latter part of the book he reproduces sections from the game diaries of Corona Thornycroft, Nigel's wife; game shooting and wildfowling, fishing and an elk-hunt, illustrated by her charming sketches. Finally comes Nigel's description of an exciting and successful day punt-gunning for wigeon with Peter Scott. Fenman in Africa should be read in conjunction with Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon" and "Nigel and Corona", with which it shares characters and settings. *Note from author Phil Gray to bookseller Bob Watcham of Marshland Books enclosed. . Corona Thornycroft (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 226 pages. In Stock. Gray, Phil (illustrator).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2011). 2011 1st edition. (150 x 218mm). Ppviii,241. B/w photographs, end-paper maps. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. Thirty years of wildfowling "Opening Days", mainly set on Whittlesey Wash on the tidal River Nene in North Cambridgeshire, 1958 - 1983. From a print-run of only 300: all of our copies have been signed by the author. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2001). 2001 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 205mm). Ppviii,226. B/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Near fine in dust-wrapper. Title-page inscribed "Signed for Glynn Cook, who I first met in 1968 when he was working for Shooting Times. with every good wish, Phil Gray". "Events experienced by the author, who draws the best from his diaries of forty-five years as a Fenland Fowler." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2010). 2010 1st edition. 8vo paperback (150 x 218mm). Ppviii,124. Colour & b&w photographs. Very good copy. A good and detailed history of the Whittlesey Wildfowlers & Conservationists. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Fenland Fowler: Extracts from the Author's Sporting and Natural History Diaries Spanning Almost Half a Century This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . …