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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). (1976) 1983 3rd edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Ppviii,211. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w line illustrations. Blue-green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, slight browning to edges, smells slightly musty from long storage. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. The author was an amateur gamekeeper who eventually went to live on his shoot, to devote himself more fully to it. Chapters include: Buying and using guns; Working dogs; Cartridges; Rough shooting; The role of the gamekeeper; Organising a shoot; Rabbits and hares; Pigeons; Stoats and weasels; The crow family; Hawks; Fox control; The starling menace; Badgers; Stocking with pheasants; Stocking with partridge; Woodcock and snipe; Wildfowling; Deer; Grouse and blackgame; Poachers; Experiments in conservation. Appendix: The Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. .…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). (1981) 1982 reprint. 4to (194 x 252mm). Ppx,162. B/w photographs, illustrations, maps, brief bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Some browning and use. Good-plus in used and faded dust-wrapper. Robin Marshall-Ball gives a very readable account of the modern shotgun and its use, beginning with a brief history of the species, a chapter each on the shotgun's parts, the double-barrelled shotgun, repeaters and single shots. Game shooting in Britain, Europe and North America receive a chapter each, taking the reader through such things as huge bags of Spanish partridge and goose shooting with 8 bores, and a lot more besides. Chapters include:- Evolution of the modern shotgun; Lock, stock and barrel - shotgun shooting jargon; The double barrel shotgun; Repeating and automatic-loading shotguns; Single-shot shotguns; Shooting in Britain; Shooting in Europe; North American shotgunning. .…

Zustand: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/G+. x+194pp, colour frontis, 3 colour plates, 12 b/w illustrations, text figs, index, fore edges foxed, dustjacket slightly rubebd along the edges. Beginner's guide to breeding & caring for goats. 575 grams.

1st ed. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Text clean in firm binding; dust jacket price-clipped, & worn at edges Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.

1st ed. A tidy copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket.

1st ed. A little foxing on page fore-edges. Colour illustrations by Jim Dunford Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

1st ed. A tidy copy in tight binding Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket.

1st ed. Binding tight; 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.

2nd edition. Owner's name on front free end paper, binding tight; dust jacket worn & a little soiled, with small surface losses. Used - Good. VG hardback in Fair dust jacket Used - Good. VG hardback in Fair dust jacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 4to (194 x 256mm). Ppxiii,265. B/w line illustrations. Rather browned, bookseller's label on end-paper. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. An extremely comprehensive manual. Chapters include: Some fundamentals; Shotgun stocks and shooting styles; Patterns, strings and penetrations; Choosing a choke and a load; Guns; Choosing the gun; Cleaning and maintenance; Safety; Miscellanea - triggers, guns for 'learning on', bent barrels, a short-cut to success, shooting glasses, seeing the shot, foot position and the clay target shooter, extra-large shot, clay target shooting - the 'dead gun' problem. Tables include: Weights in pounds of ordinary fixed-breech shotguns for certain recoil velocities with American factory loads; Recoil velocities of gas-operated autoloaders; Stocks and gunmounting; Variations of pattern with distance; British and American shot sizes; shot sizes for competition shooting. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). 1983 1st edition. 4to (189 x 254mm). Pp203. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Orange-red boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in copy in slightly used dust-wrapper. Some emphasis on freeze-drying techniques and combined taxidermy. Useful appendices of eye-sizes and colours etc. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1983). 1983 1st edition. 4to (189 x 254mm). Pp203. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Orange-red boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine unread copy in dust-wrapper. Some emphasis on freeze-drying techniques and combined taxidermy. Useful appendices of eye-sizes and colours, etc. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 4to (194 x 250mm). Ppx,162. B/w photographs, illustrations, maps, brief bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight tanning to edges else very good in spine-faded, frayed dust-wrapper. Robin Marshall-Ball gives a very readable account of the modern shotgun and its use, beginning with a brief history of the species, a chapter each on the shotgun's parts, the double-barrelled shotgun, repeaters and single shots. Game shooting in Britain, Europe and North America receive a chapter each, taking the reader through such things as huge bags of Spanish partridge and goose shooting with 8 bores, and a lot more besides. Chapters include:- Evolution of the modern shotgun; Lock, stock and barrel - shotgun shooting jargon; The double barrel shotgun; Repeating and automatic-loading shotguns; Single-shot shotguns; Shooting in Britain; Shooting in Europe; North American shotgunning. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 4to (194 x 256mm). Ppxiii,265. B/w line illustrations by the author. Very good in dust-wrapper. An extremely comprehensive manual. Chapters include: Some fundamentals; Shotgun stocks and shooting styles; Patterns, strings and penetrations; Choosing a choke and a load; Guns; Choosing the gun; Cleaning and maintenance; Safety; Miscellanea - triggers, guns for 'learning on', bent barrels, a short-cut to success, shooting glasses, seeing the shot, foot position and the clay target shooter, extra-large shot, clay target shooting - the 'dead gun' problem. Tables include: Weights in pounds of ordinary fixed-breech shotguns for certain recoil velocities with American factory loads; Recoil velocities of gas-operated autoloaders; Stocks and gunmounting; Variations of pattern with distance; British and American shot sizes; shot sizes for competition shooting. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). 1983 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppxviii,199. B/w photographs, illustrations. Light blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use. Gift inscription to a former owner else very good in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. "An attempt has been made to make the book as practical as possible so that those interested in gamekeeping as a career can study what is involved at first hand. .The rearing of pheasants, their management, the problems encountered and many other aspects are explained and discussed. This is a book which shows first-hand the nature of gamekeeping as it is actually practised. All details are given and no attempt is made to hide the true nature of life in the country and the harsh reality of keeping and hunting, as well as controlling vermin. The end result is a fascinating account of the life of the gamekeeper and the training of a young man (or woman) in that career. It is part of the Field Sports Library." Chapters include:- Gamekeeping to-day; John starts his career - February; The first snow - March; The laying season - April; Rearing preparations - May; The growing season - June; The game fair - July; Dealing with the elements - August; The tidying-up month - September; Counting and planning - October; The shooting season begins - November; Season of goodwill - December; A special shoot - January; The season ends. .…

1st ed. Binding tight; dust jacket spine faded. With 111 colour plates. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

1st edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance : From Colwall Library with their bookplate to front pastedown. Series: Field Sports Library. Physical description: Pp. xii, 109 : illus. 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Moles; Pests; Pest control; Moles (Animals) Control; Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 166, pages, [4] p. of plates: ill. (some col.); 24 cm. Subjects: Cage birds. Birds, Ornamental. Cage birds; Exhibitions. 1 Kg. Illustrated By B/w And Color Drawings (illustrator). …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). (1981) 1982 reprint. 8vo (162 x 240mm). Ppxiv,142. B/w illustrations from old engravings. Tangerine cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults but good-plus in dust-wrapper. This is the fascinating autobiography of a Staffordshire poacher in which he gives a detailed account of his life, the condition of the rural population of his day as well as full details of his activities and the methods and techniques he used. Rather a classic in its genre. "This book is about poaching life and the work and knowledge it takes is written mainly for my grandsons. It tells of the hard poverty in this so-called Great Britain in the early years of this [19th] century, in the early twenties and thirties when poverty was widespread throughout the country. I carried on the poaching game from schoolboy days throughout life until disease was deliberately spread over the whole country. What you read in this book is truth and not the rubbish written by some authors. I will explain some of this rubbish as I go along." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 4to (190 x 250mm). Ppxviii,171. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations by Bernard Barker, brief bibliography. Blue or brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in used and slightly frayed dust-wrapper. "Of all shooting sports, wildfowling is the most arduous, the most romantic and the loneliest. It is also the branch of wing-shooting in which the novice has the most to learn - in terms of safety, quarry identification, marshcraft and ethics." Chapters include: The night of the long guns; The Age of Enlightenment; Wildfowling today; The natural history of wildfowl; The quarry species; A gun for the marsh; Clothing and equipment; Safety on the shore; Flightcraft; The fowler's dog; Shooting and conservation; From gamebag to table; Close season pursuits. .…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 184pp, hardback, colour frontis, bw plates atc, pages sl toned, very good in a good price-clipped wrapper.

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. . …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good Plus. Second Edition. The making of a Naturalist and her upbringing in an old farmhouse on the top of Marley Heights. 150pp, illustrated.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 172pp hardback, orange cloth gilt in wrapper, well illustrated.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 4to (190 x 250mm). Ppxviii,171. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations by Bernard Barker, brief bibliography. Blue or brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Finger-prints and marks to end-papers front and back else presentable. Good-plus in marked but complete dust-wrapper. "Of all shooting sports, wildfowling is the most arduous, the most romantic and the loneliest. It is also the branch of wing-shooting in which the novice has the most to learn - in terms of safety, quarry identification, marshcraft and ethics." Chapters include: The night of the long guns; The Age of Enlightenment; Wildfowling today; The natural history of wildfowl; The quarry species; A gun for the marsh; Clothing and equipment; Safety on the shore; Flightcraft; The fowler's dog; Shooting and conservation; From gamebag to table; Close season pursuits. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppxii,109. B/w photographs, illustrations by Pamela Blaxland. Maroon faux leather, upper board and spine titled in gilt with red stamped mole motif to upper board. Browning to edges and end-papers. Good-plus. This is a detailed account of mole catching, with material on the natural history of the species as it relates to their capture. Includes a family history of the Weales of Shropshire. Chapters include: - Frank Weale - professional mole-catcher; The natural history of the mole; Mole-catching in olden times; Mole-catching today; A professional mole-catcher. . …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. 120pp, colour frontispiece. Purple cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine; numerous black and white in-text and full page illustrations. 8vo. Lightly rubbed and bumped spine ends; corners lightly rubbed. Endpapers slightly soiled at rear. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Internally a very neat, clean, bright and tight volume. Eighth edition completely revised by Editorial Staff of Saiga Publishing, presenting a simple guide for those who wish to keep poultry as a profitable hobby.…

Original publisher's blue cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: illustrated endpapers, coloured frontispiece, viij, 270pp., 7 other coloured plates, over 130 bl.& wh. plates & illustrations, bibliography, appendices: Shire horses - Clydesdale horses - Suffolk horses - Percheron horses, index. Fine copy.…

Zustand: Good. Original decorated and gilt lettered leatherette, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.