Major Barclay (11 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1999). (1939) 1999 paperback edition. Large 8vo paperback (187 x 268mm). Ppxii,48. Colour plates by Philip Rickman. Covers 5mm (3/16") short of fore-edge - but still a fine unread copy. "It is one of the signs and portents of our times that the future of many species of ducks should be less dependent on their fate at the hands of nature than at the hands of man. . Marshes are drained: bricks and mortar restrict the country, and where forty years ago (c1900) there was wild game, no wire fences and very little disturbance, to-day those conditions have gone. It is no good crying about it. The job of the present generation is to see that we stabilise affairs before they go too far." Hugh Pollard in the Introduction. The authors give the reader necessary background information for achieving this aim. Good colour illustrations. Chapters include: By Hugh Pollard - Grouse and Black Game; Partridges and Quail; Pheasants. By Phyllis Barclay-Smith - Wild Turkey, Woodcock and Snipe; Geese and Ducks. Shooting in Great Britain, by Hugh Pollard. Shooting in America, by Eugene V. Connett. This edition has French-fold card covers which unfortunately fall 3/16" short of the fore-edge. PREVIOUS PRICE £12.95.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Support Small Business by buying this book! Ex- Us Naval Sation Library With Very Few Marks. Liglty Used. In Protective Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B/W Photos; Maps, Etc (illustrator). 1st. 298 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/lite wear, lite foxing, unclipped price, in mylar.

Condition: Good. 298 pp., hardcover, ex library, else very good in very good dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 1st edition hardcover in red cloth covered boards showing sharp tips and bumped spine ends. Inner hinges tight, no names, light age-toning on endpapers. 159pp text is tight, crisp and clean with a color hunting illustration by Lionel Edwards as frontis with no other illustrations. Scarce, price-clipped, red background color illustrated dust jacket shows chips and color loss but is 85% complete and displays ok in new mylar. Eric Morrison is a Doctor by profession and a hunting man for sheer love of the sport. He has kept both hare and fox hounds for a very long time in a variety of circumstances and he gives the reader a host of practical hints of the kind that generally do not find their way into books, such as how to persuade a foster mother to take whelps from your best bitch, or how to deal quickly with a hound that falls down in a fit out hunting. His advice on kennel discipline, feeding, walking hound puppies, drafting hounds and his views on performance and characteristics of various strains will be found exceedingly interesting. His notes on good and bad manners in hunting will be found invaluable to beginners and his anecdotes of hounds he has known are delightful.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). (1939) 1993 edition. 4to (195 x 272mm). Ppxii,48. Colour plates of game birds by Philip Rickman, marbled end-papers, all edges gilt. Colour engraving of pheasants to gilt decorated green faux leather, issued without a dust-wrapper. Limited to 2,500 numbered copies. Slight mark to cover but a near fine copy. "It is one of the signs and portents of our times that the future of many species of ducks should be less dependent on their fate at the hands of nature than at the hands of man. . Marshes are drained: bricks and mortar restrict the country, and where forty years ago (c1900) there was wild game, no wire fences and very little disturbance, to-day those conditions have gone. It is no good crying about it. The job of the present generation is to see that we stabilise affairs before they go too far." Hugh Pollard in the Introduction. The authors give the reader necessary background information for achieving this aim. Good colour illustrations. Chapters include: By Hugh Pollard - Grouse and Black Game; Partridges and Quail; Pheasants. By Phyllis Barclay-Smith - Wild Turkey, Woodcock and Snipe; Geese and Ducks. Shooting in Great Britain, by Hugh Pollard. Shooting in America, by Eugene V. Connett. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1993). (1939) 1993 edition. 4to (195 x 272mm). Ppxii,48. Colour plates of game birds by Philip Rickman, marbled end-papers, gilt edges. Colour engraving of pheasants to gilt decorated green faux leather. Fine unread copy - still in publisher's box. "It is one of the signs and portents of our times that the future of many species of ducks should be less dependent on their fate at the hands of nature than at the hands of man. . Marshes are drained: bricks and mortar restrict the country, and where forty years ago (c1900) there was wild game, no wire fences and very little disturbance, to-day those conditions have gone. It is no good crying about it. The job of the present generation is to see that we stabilise affairs before they go too far." Hugh Pollard in the Introduction. The authors give the reader necessary background information for achieving this aim. Good colour illustrations. Chapters include: By Hugh Pollard - Grouse and Black Game; Partridges and Quail; Pheasants. By Phyllis Barclay-Smith - Wild Turkey, Woodcock and Snipe; Geese and Ducks. Shooting in Great Britain, by Hugh Pollard. Shooting in America, by Eugene V. Connett. .

Condition: Good. 400 pp., ex library else good in a very good dust jacket, foldout maps. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1945). (1939) 1945 edition. Large 4to (245 x 305mm). Ppx,48. Colour paintings by Philip Rickman. Red cloth, titled in black to front board, spine untitled. Slight wear and bumps to cloth, some pages slightly foxed. Very good in tanned and frayed dust-wrapper. "It is one of the signs and portents of our times that the future of many species of ducks should be less dependent on their fate at the hands of nature than at the hands of man. . Marshes are drained: bricks and mortar restrict the country, and where forty years ago (c1900) there was wild game, no wire fences and very little disturbance, to-day those conditions have gone. It is no good crying about it. The job of the present generation is to see that we stabilise affairs before they go too far." Hugh Pollard in the Introduction. The authors give the reader necessary background information for achieving this aim. Good colour illustrations. Chapters include: By Hugh Pollard - Grouse and Black Game; Partridges and Quail; Pheasants. By Phyllis Barclay-Smith - Wild Turkey, Woodcock and Snipe; Geese and Ducks. Shooting in Great Britain, by Hugh Pollard. Shooting in America, by Eugene V. Connett. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. EDWARDS, Lionel et alia. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed limited first edition, in all 375 this being number 7 of the first ten not offered for sale, signed by the editor on the Publisher's Note and the coloured tipped in frontis piece signed by Lionel Edwards, octavo, full blue leather, light wear to corners, two small bruises on front sunning to spine, gilt decoration on front and titles across spine, top edges gilt, toning to untrimmed edges otherwise internally clean and bright, illustrated with 61 tipped in plates of which four in full colour, 368 pages. a very handsome beautifully produced volume. Heavy item (1.5kg net weight) may require additional for shipping. [QH] [QP]. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . EDWARDS, Lionel et al. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed limited first edition, in all 375 this being number 162 , signed by the editor on the Publisher's Note and the coloured tipped in frontis piece signed by Lionel Edwards, octavo, full blue leather, slightly faded, pp368.