Roderick Willett (37 results)

Condition: 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.

Condition: Good. 1st Ed. Good condition book with dust jacket. Complete DJ is clean with spine a little faded. Book has clean and bright contents.

Condition: Good. Rev. Ed. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Complete DJ with some minor edge wear and a little surface toning.

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips, fading 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.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. AD6 - Book bumped on the top and bottom spine and some corners, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Buchan, Toby (illustrator).

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 223mm). Pp88. B/w illustrations by Toby Buchan. Pictorial laminated boards, colour photograph of child with shotgun. Ex library, usual faults. Working copy only. This title was later re-issued by Tideline Books. The Tideline issue used the Seeley Service text-block, in a new binding stating 'Tideline Books'. The first edition's boards have a photograph of a child with a shotgun, the re-issue's a b/w photograph of two men examining a shotgun. A basic beginner's guide to shooting. "Roderick Willett. pays particular attention to the purchase of the right kind of gun and the correct way to handle it. As he rightly says 'Perfection may come with practice but practice is likely to be limited if one is not a welcome shot!'" Chapters include: A plan for a shooting career; Selecting your first gun; Gun fitting for young shots; Elementary gun know-how; Safe gun handling; How to shoot your best; Shooting in the field. .…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket and book are in very good condition. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book including an acceptable dust jacket.…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). (1975) ND Tideline Books re-issue. 8vo (141 x 223mm). Pp88. B/w illustrations by Toby Buchan. Pictorial laminated boards, b/w photograph of men examining shotgun. Slight tanning to slightly used boards. Good-plus. This title was first published in 1975 by Seeley, Service & Co. This Tideline Books re-issue uses the Seeley Service text-block, in a new binding stating 'Tideline Books', it is not dated. The first edition's boards have a photograph of a child with a shotgun, the re-issue's a b/w photograph of two men examining a shotgun. A basic beginner's guide to shooting. "Roderick Willett. pays particular attention to the purchase of the right kind of gun and the correct way to handle it. As he rightly says 'Perfection may come with practice but practice is likely to be limited if one is not a welcome shot!'" Chapters include: A plan for a shooting career; Selecting your first gun; Gun fitting for young shots; Elementary gun know-how; Safe gun handling; How to shoot your best; Shooting in the field. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 221mm). Pp375. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Spine-faded dust-wrapper previously taped to boards leaving tape-marks and damage to end-papers, owner's address label, browning to edges. A working copy only. "The product of a lifetime of experience by a recognised expert .who has for many years been shooting correspndent of The Field." All round how to do it manual of all types of British game shooting. Concludes with a chapter of recipes, with advice on cooking more or less everything you might shoot (and want to eat). Chapters include:- The shotgun; The cartridge; Gun and cartridge in the field; How to shoot your best; Safety in the shooting field; Clothing and equipment; Factors in shoot management; Management of rough shoots; Syndicates and their organization; Partridges: natural history; Partridges: conservation and management; Partridges: shooting; Pheasants: natural history; Pheasants: conservation and management; Pheasants: shooting; Grouse: natural history; Grouse moor management; Grouse shooting; Duck on an inland shoot; Woodcock; Snipe; Blackgame; Capercaillie; Ptarmigan; Hares and hare drives; Rabbits and rabbit control; Woodpigeon; How to make the most of a day's rough shooting; Shooting overseas and for overseas visitors; Gamebird diseases; Lawful and unlawful occasions; Game cookery (or the gourmet's concise guide to game). .…

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Boards slightly rubbed/shelfworn. Contents a little musty but clean, tight and bright. Used.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1968). (1957) 1968 revised edition. 8vo (140 x 223mm). Pp242. B/w photograph plates, illustrations. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in slightly used price-clipped dust-wrapper. ".With observations on guns, proof marks, the art of shooting, dogs and their training, game rearing, diseases of game, and the techniques of successful shoot management including month by month duties on a rough shoot, also shooting and the law including the police shotgun certificate." Chapters include: The shooting scene; The gun; The shooter and his shooting; Gun dogs; Trianing a gun dog; The partridge; Pheasants; Grouse and blackcock; Various; Rough shooting I; Rough shooting II; Rough shooting III; Management of a rough shoot; Some diseases of game birds; Monthly duties of the amateur gamekeeper; Shooting and the law. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 221mm). Pp375. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight spotting to edges. Good-plus in spine-faded dust-wrapper. "The product of a lifetime of experience by a recognised expert .who has for many years been shooting correspndent of The Field." All round how to do it manual of all types of British game shooting. Concludes with a chapter of recipes, with advice on cooking more or less everything you might shoot (and want to eat). Chapters include:- The shotgun; The cartridge; Gun and cartridge in the field; How to shoot your best; Safety in the shooting field; Clothing and equipment; Factors in shoot management; Management of rough shoots; Syndicates and their organization; Partridges: natural history; Partridges: conservation and management; Partridges: shooting; Pheasants: natural history; Pheasants: conservation and management; Pheasants: shooting; Grouse: natural history; Grouse moor management; Grouse shooting; Duck on an inland shoot; Woodcock; Snipe; Blackgame; Capercaillie; Ptarmigan; Hares and hare drives; Rabbits and rabbit control; Woodpigeon; How to make the most of a day's rough shooting; Shooting overseas and for overseas visitors; Gamebird diseases; Lawful and unlawful occasions; Game cookery (or the gourmet's concise guide to game). .…

First Edition. A tidy copy in tight binding; dust jacket spine faded Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1968). (1957) 1968 revised edition. 8vo (140 x 223mm). Pp242. B/w photograph plates, illustrations. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly dusty but very good in dust-wrapper. ".With observations on guns, proof marks, the art of shooting, dogs and their training, game rearing, diseases of game, and the techniques of successful shoot management including month by month duties on a rough shoot, also shooting and the law including the police shotgun certificate." Chapters include: The shooting scene; The gun; The shooter and his shooting; Gun dogs; Trianing a gun dog; The partridge; Pheasants; Grouse and blackcock; Various; Rough shooting I; Rough shooting II; Rough shooting III; Management of a rough shoot; Some diseases of game birds; Monthly duties of the amateur gamekeeper; Shooting and the law. .…

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a part faded price clipped dust wrapper that is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, b&w plates, 375pp.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 221mm). Pp375. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. "The product of a lifetime of experience by a recognised expert .who has for many years been shooting correspndent of The Field." All round how to do it manual of all types of British game shooting. Concludes with a chapter of recipes, with advice on cooking more or less everything you might shoot (and want to eat). Chapters include:- The shotgun; The cartridge; Gun and cartridge in the field; How to shoot your best; Safety in the shooting field; Clothing and equipment; Factors in shoot management; Management of rough shoots; Syndicates and their organization; Partridges: natural history; Partridges: conservation and management; Partridges: shooting; Pheasants: natural history; Pheasants: conservation and management; Pheasants: shooting; Grouse: natural history; Grouse moor management; Grouse shooting; Duck on an inland shoot; Woodcock; Snipe; Blackgame; Capercaillie; Ptarmigan; Hares and hare drives; Rabbits and rabbit control; Woodpigeon; How to make the most of a day's rough shooting; Shooting overseas and for overseas visitors; Gamebird diseases; Lawful and unlawful occasions; Game cookery (or the gourmet's concise guide to game). .…

Condition: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and sun fading to spine.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Bon. The Lonsdale Library. Reliure pleine toile éditeur, jaquette illustrée en couleurs. In-8 de 375 pages, frontispice, 24 planches hors-texte (44 photos nb) et 77 figures dans le texte. Jaquette lég. défraîchie sinon bel exemplaire.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. A good clean copy, boards are clean and binding is good. Dust jacket is faded but not price clipped. Book has pencil £5.00 on ffep inside by previous seller. MESSAGE FROM LENNON BOOKS (A) Postage costs are estimates only - prices may decrease / increase depending on the order. Prices outside of Europe / Worldwide Postage costs will be advised on confirmation of order. All orders are shipped via with Royal Mail and a proof of postage can be provided. Tracked orders can be requested. (B) If you think that this book is over your price limit then please email me with your proposed price, we will discuss offers on all of our books. (C) Books are sold as seen in the photos with an as accurate description as possible, please request more photos if required. No Signature.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. A Comprehensive Guide to Sporting Guns and their use. with 64 diagrams in the text.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1967). 1967 1st edition. Small 8vo (132 x 203mm). Pp92. B/w illustrations by Bill Martin. Orange-brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly bumped and used, previous owner's notes to rear fly-leaf. Good copy in used and spine-faded dust-wrapper. "It has been appreciated that the sharp staccato style of military authorship permitting the written word to be readily assimilated whilst standing to attention, is hardly suited to a potential gun-room primer whose reader normally assumes a more relaxed position in a deep armchair in front of a fire and only requires something to while away the idle hours or just keep the flies off his face till his wife summons him to dinner." "Gun safety is a subject which has for years worried those connected with shooting in this country. Gunmakers and gun vendors are constantly bombarded by novice and veteran sportsmen with enquiries for an authoritative handbook covering all the essentials of safety drill and etiquette in the shooting field. So it is perhaps surprising that this book, so sensibly yet entertainingly written by Roderick Willett, so aptly and wittily illustrated with line drawings, photographs and diagrams, is literally the only book of its kind." .…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. slight wear cover edges, usual library marks, otherwise book clean and tight Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Buchanan (illustrator). Ex Library.

Condition: Good. Original brown boards, gilt lettered spine, price clipped dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. UNCOMMON 1979 hardcover with dustjacket. APPEARS UNREAD. Unmarked pages and firm binding. Jacket shows minor shelf rubbing and minor edge wear only. This is NOT an ex-library book. This remains a very good, sturdy, very useful copy of a great book on shotgun marksmanship and safety. 155 pages, includes index. "The aim of this book is to help shooters become not only good marksmen, but safe ones! The author begins by explaining the shotgun and the practical know-how of using it. He explains its parts and their functions. He insists upon the importance of the gun's being fitted to the owner. For instance, to buy a gun in summer clothing immediately creates a problem. On a winter hunting outing he will probably be wearing a heavy jacket over a thick sweater which will result in a full quarter of an inch difference in the length of the stock or the distances from the center of the front trigger, to the heel, middle, and toe of the butt. Gun weight is also an important factor in buying a gun. Just as a person can have too heavy a gun to shoot his best, so too he can also have too light a gun. The importance of stance, footwork, and the proper use of the hands is meticulously explained because good shooting is a matter of adept coordination. There is an entire chapter devoted to the special considerations for young shooters. The author warns that safety rules must be taught as well as certain legal restrictions. Every parent of an aspiring young shooter should be aware of these and see that his offspring is also. In order to dispel the many myths and misunderstandings that have arisen about cartridges and their performance the author details the kinds of cartridges used and their characteristics as well as the importance of a happy marriage between gun and cartridge. This book should help the reader develop his talens as a marksman, his reverence for gun and quarry, and his self-confidence.".…

Condition: Good. Protective plastic cover over the jacket which is worn & marked. Light wear to the board edges. Very slight lean to the spine. Tanned & foxed textblock edge. Content is in good, clean condition.

1st Ed., H/B lam. illustrated bds, VG+, contents fine and tight, illust. with b/w line drawings by Toby Buchan, pp88.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good +. 1st Edition. 92pp. HARDCOVER. Internally VG. No inscriptions. (Light browning to endpapers.) D/w is present & complete, but has some edgewear top/bottom & rubbing. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bill Martin (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sun-fading to the spine and edges of dust-jacket. Slight rubbing to edges of dust-jacket, now protected using removable clear wrap, otherwise in very good condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.…

octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.