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  • Sedgwick (Noel M.), Whitaker (Peter) & Harrison (Jeffery), Editors.

    Published by Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1979, 1970

    ISBN 10: 0257652272 ISBN 13: 9780257652276

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    Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). (1970) 1979 reprint. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp350. Colour plates by Peter Scott, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography, end-paper maps. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Top edge spotted. Good-plus in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper. ".Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.T. Introduction by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Mansfield. Preface by Peter Scott, C.B.E." This is a heavily revised and extended new edition of the original The New Wildfowler, first published in 1961. A comprehensive handbook with sections on wildfowl identification, legislation, guns and equipment, food and migrations, rearing and ringing, reserves and conservation, cookery and taxidermy, and famous wildfowlers of the past. Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl and wader identification and distribution, hybridization of wildfowl; The migrations of British geese and ducks; Food habits of of wildfowl in Britain; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Punt-gunning; Inland marsh shooting; Etiquette and safety on the marsh; The wildfowler in Eire; Wildfowl conservation in Ireland; Rearing wild duck; Ringing a duck; WAGBI duck to supplement wild populations; Goose conservation; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Management of reserves by WAGBI and its clubs; National wildfowl counts; The status of wild geese in Britain and Ireland; Conservation and bird protection; International co-operation in the conservation of wildfowl and wetlands; The North American wildfowl situation; Control of predators; Wildfowl in captivity; The diseases of wildfowl; Wildfowl taxidermy; Wildfowl cookery; Famous wildfowlers of the past; A bibliography of wildfowl and wildfowling. Many good names contributed to this book, including: Peter Turner, William Brotherston, James Harrison, Hugh Boyd, Peter Olney, Peter Whitaker, Gough Thomas, Peter Moxon, Arthur Cadman, J.A. Field, Noel M. Sedgwick, Bill Powell, John Wardell, Jeffery Harrison, Bill and Harry Mouland, Major-General C.B. Wainwright, Jim Ellwood, John Ruxton, E. Max Nicholson, Barry Bailey, George Atkinson-Willes, Malcolm Ogilvie, Philip Brown, Peter Conder, Geoffery Matthews, Charles Swan, Edmund Gleadow, Arthur Jennings, Pamela Harrison, Henry James. .


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  • Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1970). 1970 1st edition thus. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp350. Colour plates by Peter Scott, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults / tape-marks to end-papers else clean, good-plus in slightly frayed/ clipped dust-wrapper. This is a greatly revised and extended new edition of the original The New Wildfowler, first published in 1961. A comprehensive handbook with sections on wildfowl identification, legislation, guns and equipment, food and migrations, rearing and ringing, reserves and conservation, cookery and taxidermy, and famous wildfowlers of the past. Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl and wader identification and distribution, hybridization; The migrations of British geese and ducks; Food habits of of wildfowl in Britain; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Punt-gunning; Inland marsh shooting; Etiquette and safety on the marsh; The wildfowler in Eire; Wildfowl conservation in Ireland; Rearing wild duck; Ringing a duck; WAGBI duck to supplement wild populations; Goose conservation; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Management of reserves by WAGBI and its clubs; National wildfowl counts; The status of wild geese in Britain and Ireland; Conservation and bird protection; International co-operation in the conservation of wildfowl and wetlands; The North American wildfowl situation; Control of predators; Wildfowl in captivity; The diseases of wildfowl; Wildfowl taxidermy; Wildfowl cookery; Famous wildfowlers of the past; A bibliography of wildfowl and wildfowling. Many good names contributed to this book, including: Peter Turner, William Brotherston, James Harrison, Hugh Boyd, peter Olney, Peter Whitaker, Gough Thomas, Peter Moxon, Arthur Cadman, J.A. Field, Noel M. Sedgwick, Bill Powell, John Wardell, Jeffery Harrison, Bill and Harry Mouland, Major-General C.B. Wainwright, Jim Ellwood, John Ruxton, E. Max Nicholson, Barry Bailey, George Atkinson-Willes, Malcolm Ogilvie, Philip Brown, Peter Conder, Geoffery Matthews, Charles Swan, Edmund Gleadow, Arthur Jennings, Pamela Harrison, Henry James. .

  • Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1970). 1970 1st edition thus. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp350. Colour plates by Peter Scott, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. This is a greatly revised and extended new edition of the original The New Wildfowler, first published in 1961. A comprehensive handbook with sections on wildfowl identification, legislation, guns and equipment, food and migrations, rearing and ringing, reserves and conservation, cookery and taxidermy, and famous wildfowlers of the past. Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl and wader identification and distribution, hybridization; The migrations of British geese and ducks; Food habits of of wildfowl in Britain; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Punt-gunning; Inland marsh shooting; Etiquette and safety on the marsh; The wildfowler in Eire; Wildfowl conservation in Ireland; Rearing wild duck; Ringing a duck; WAGBI duck to supplement wild populations; Goose conservation; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Management of reserves by WAGBI and its clubs; National wildfowl counts; The status of wild geese in Britain and Ireland; Conservation and bird protection; International co-operation in the conservation of wildfowl and wetlands; The North American wildfowl situation; Control of predators; Wildfowl in captivity; The diseases of wildfowl; Wildfowl taxidermy; Wildfowl cookery; Famous wildfowlers of the past; A bibliography of wildfowl and wildfowling. Many good names contributed to this book, including: Peter Turner, William Brotherston, James Harrison, Hugh Boyd, peter Olney, Peter Whitaker, Gough Thomas, Peter Moxon, Arthur Cadman, J.A. Field, Noel M. Sedgwick, Bill Powell, John Wardell, Jeffery Harrison, Bill and Harry Mouland, Major-General C.B. Wainwright, Jim Ellwood, John Ruxton, E. Max Nicholson, Barry Bailey, George Atkinson-Willes, Malcolm Ogilvie, Philip Brown, Peter Conder, Geoffery Matthews, Charles Swan, Edmund Gleadow, Arthur Jennings, Pamela Harrison, Henry James. .

  • Sedgwick (Noel M.), Whitaker (Peter) & Harrison (Jeffery), Editors.

    Published by Herbert Jenkins. London. 1970, 1970

    ISBN 10: 0257652272 ISBN 13: 9780257652276

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    Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1970). 1970 1st edition thus. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp350. Colour plates by Peter Scott, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. End-paper corner-snipped. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. ".Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.T. Introduction by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Mansfield. Preface by Peter Scott, C.B.E." This is a heavily revised and extended new edition of the original The New Wildfowler, first published in 1961. A comprehensive handbook with sections on wildfowl identification, legislation, guns and equipment, food and migrations, rearing and ringing, reserves and conservation, cookery and taxidermy, and famous wildfowlers of the past. Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl and wader identification and distribution, hybridization; The migrations of British geese and ducks; Food habits of of wildfowl in Britain; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Punt-gunning; Inland marsh shooting; Etiquette and safety on the marsh; The wildfowler in Eire; Wildfowl conservation in Ireland; Rearing wild duck; Ringing a duck; WAGBI duck to supplement wild populations; Goose conservation; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Management of reserves by WAGBI and its clubs; National wildfowl counts; The status of wild geese in Britain and Ireland; Conservation and bird protection; International co-operation in the conservation of wildfowl and wetlands; The North American wildfowl situation; Control of predators; Wildfowl in captivity; The diseases of wildfowl; Wildfowl taxidermy; Wildfowl cookery; Famous wildfowlers of the past; A bibliography of wildfowl and wildfowling. Many good names contributed to this book, including: Peter Turner, William Brotherston, James Harrison, Hugh Boyd, peter Olney, Peter Whitaker, Gough Thomas, Peter Moxon, Arthur Cadman, J.A. Field, Noel M. Sedgwick, Bill Powell, John Wardell, Jeffery Harrison, Bill and Harry Mouland, Major-General C.B. Wainwright, Jim Ellwood, John Ruxton, E. Max Nicholson, Barry Bailey, George Atkinson-Willes, Malcolm Ogilvie, Philip Brown, Peter Conder, Geoffery Matthews, Charles Swan, Edmund Gleadow, Arthur Jennings, Pamela Harrison, Henry James. .

  • Sedgwick (Noel M.), Whitaker (Peter) & Harrison (Jeffery), Editors.

    Published by Herbert Jenkins. London. 1961, 1961

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    ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp311. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations and maps, 4 colour plates by Peter Scott, bibliography. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Well-used ex-library, usual faults. Working copy only in like dust-wrapper. "Development, drainage and reclamation of land, both on the coast and inland, have had a marked effect on the habits and habitat of our wildfowl. This in its turn, has brought about a change of attitude on the part of the wildfowler, who realises that if his shooting is to survive and improve in the face of modern difficulties he must play as active a part in conservation as in the pursuit of his quartry. .Co-operation in a joint cause is the key-note .throughout this work, the most comprehensive book on the sport today." Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl identification and distribution, wader identification and hybridization; The migration of British geese and ducks; Food habits of wildfowl; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; Making and using decoys; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Inland marsh shooting; Fenland shooting; The broads; The wildfowler in Eire; Punt-gunning; Duck rearing and ringing; On ringing a duck; Wildfowl in captivity; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Goose conservation; Bird protection and the wildfowler; National wildfowl counts; Conservation of wildfowl in Britain; The diseases of wildfowl; Vermin destruction; Wildfowl taxidermy; wildfowl cookery; Wildfowling etiquette; Famous wildfowlers of the past; Bibliography. .

  • Sedgwick (Noel M.), Whitaker (Peter) & Harrison (Jeffery), Editors.

    Published by Herbert Jenkins. London. 1961, 1961

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    ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp349. Colour plates by Peter Scott, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Some use but good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. "Development, drainage and reclamation of land, both on the coast and inland, have had a marked effect on the habits and habitat of our wildfowl. This in its turn, has brought about a change of attitude on the part of the wildfowler, who realises that if his shooting is to survive and improve in the face of modern difficulties he must play as active a part in conservation as in the pursuit of his quartry. .Co-operation in a joint cause is the key-note .throughout this work, the most comprehensive book on the sport today." Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl identification and distribution, wader identification and hybridization; The migration of British geese and ducks; Food habits of wildfowl; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; Making and using decoys; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Inland marsh shooting; Fenland shooting; The broads; The wildfowler in Eire; Punt-gunning; Duck rearing and ringing; On ringing a duck; Wildfowl in captivity; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Goose conservation; Bird protection and the wildfowler; National wildfowl counts; Conservation of wildfowl in Britain; The diseases of wildfowl; Vermin destruction; Wildfowl taxidermy; wildfowl cookery; Wildfowling etiquette; Famous wildfowlers of the past; Bibliography. .

  • Sedgwick (Noel M.), Whitaker (Peter) & Harrison (Jeffery), Editors.

    Published by Herbert Jenkins. London. 1961, 1961

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    ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp311. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations and maps, 4 colour plates by Peter Scott, bibliography. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Some use, slight browning to end-papers and edges. Good, lacks dust-wrapper. "Development, drainage and reclamation of land, both on the coast and inland, have had a marked effect on the habits and habitat of our wildfowl. This in its turn, has brought about a change of attitude on the part of the wildfowler, who realises that if his shooting is to survive and improve in the face of modern difficulties he must play as active a part in conservation as in the pursuit of his quartry. .Co-operation in a joint cause is the key-note .throughout this work, the most comprehensive book on the sport today." Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl identification and distribution, wader identification and hybridization; The migration of British geese and ducks; Food habits of wildfowl; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; Making and using decoys; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Inland marsh shooting; Fenland shooting; The broads; The wildfowler in Eire; Punt-gunning; Duck rearing and ringing; On ringing a duck; Wildfowl in captivity; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Goose conservation; Bird protection and the wildfowler; National wildfowl counts; Conservation of wildfowl in Britain; The diseases of wildfowl; Vermin destruction; Wildfowl taxidermy; wildfowl cookery; Wildfowling etiquette; Famous wildfowlers of the past; Bibliography. .

  • Sedgwick (Noel M.), Whitaker (Peter) & Harrison (Jeffery), Editors.

    Published by Herbert Jenkins. London. 1961, 1961

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    ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp311. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations and maps, 4 colour plates by Peter Scott, bibliography. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in frayed dust-wrapper. "Development, drainage and reclamation of land, both on the coast and inland, have had a marked effect on the habits and habitat of our wildfowl. This in its turn, has brought about a change of attitude on the part of the wildfowler, who realises that if his shooting is to survive and improve in the face of modern difficulties he must play as active a part in conservation as in the pursuit of his quartry. .Co-operation in a joint cause is the key-note .throughout this work, the most comprehensive book on the sport today." Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl identification and distribution, wader identification and hybridization; The migration of British geese and ducks; Food habits of wildfowl; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; Making and using decoys; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Inland marsh shooting; Fenland shooting; The broads; The wildfowler in Eire; Punt-gunning; Duck rearing and ringing; On ringing a duck; Wildfowl in captivity; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Goose conservation; Bird protection and the wildfowler; National wildfowl counts; Conservation of wildfowl in Britain; The diseases of wildfowl; Vermin destruction; Wildfowl taxidermy; wildfowl cookery; Wildfowling etiquette; Famous wildfowlers of the past; Bibliography. .

  • Sedgwick (Noel M.), Whitaker (Peter) & Harrison (Jeffery), Editors.

    Published by Herbert Jenkins. London. 1963, 1963

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    ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1961 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp311. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations and maps, 4 colour plates by Peter Scott, bibliography. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Pencil notations to bibliography. Tape residue marks to end-papers. Good-plus in dust-wrapper covered in clear plastic by previous owner. "Development, drainage and reclamation of land, both on the coast and inland, have had a marked effect on the habits and habitat of our wildfowl. This in its turn, has brought about a change of attitude on the part of the wildfowler, who realises that if his shooting is to survive and improve in the face of modern difficulties he must play as active a part in conservation as in the pursuit of his quarry. .Co-operation in a joint cause is the key-note .throughout this work, the most comprehensive book on the sport today." Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl identification and distribution, wader identification and hybridization; The migration of British geese and ducks; Food habits of wildfowl; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; Making and using decoys; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Inland marsh shooting; Fenland shooting; The broads; The wildfowler in Eire; Punt-gunning; Duck rearing and ringing; On ringing a duck; Wildfowl in captivity; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Goose conservation; Bird protection and the wildfowler; National wildfowl counts; Conservation of wildfowl in Britain; The diseases of wildfowl; Vermin destruction; Wildfowl taxidermy; wildfowl cookery; Wildfowling etiquette; Famous wildfowlers of the past; Bibliography. .

  • Sedgwick (Noel M.), Whitaker (Peter) & Harrison (Jeffery), Editors.

    Published by Herbert Jenkins. . 1963, 1963

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    ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). (1961) 1963 reprint. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp311. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations and maps, 4 colour plates by Peter Scott, bibliography. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, good-plus in used dust-wrapper. "Development, drainage and reclamation of land, both on the coast and inland, have had a marked effect on the habits and habitat of our wildfowl. This in its turn, has brought about a change of attitude on the part of the wildfowler, who realises that if his shooting is to survive and improve in the face of modern difficulties he must play as active a part in conservation as in the pursuit of his quarrry. .Co-operation in a joint cause is the key-note .throughout this work, the most comprehensive book on the sport today." Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl identification and distribution, wader identification and hybridization; The migration of British geese and ducks; Food habits of wildfowl; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; Making and using decoys; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Inland marsh shooting; Fenland shooting; The broads; The wildfowler in Eire; Punt-gunning; Duck rearing and ringing; On ringing a duck; Wildfowl in captivity; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Goose conservation; Bird protection and the wildfowler; National wildfowl counts; Conservation of wildfowl in Britain; The diseases of wildfowl; Vermin destruction; Wildfowl taxidermy; wildfowl cookery; Wildfowling etiquette; Famous wildfowlers of the past; Bibliography. .

  • Sedgwick, Noel M. ; Whitaker, Peter ; Harrison, Jeffery (Editors)

    Published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1961

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 311pp. Bright & tight. Illustrated with b/w drawings & photographs, with a few colour plates. Very slight bump to the head of the spine & a slight bump to one corner. Slight foxing to the fore-edge. Former owner's sticker neatly pasted on to the front end paper, on top of a prior sticker. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Well preserved. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped. Slight rubbing around the wrapper edges, more noticeable to one corner. Crease to the front flap. No niks or tears. A very good first edition.

  • Sedgwick (Noel M.), Whitaker (Peter) & Harrison (Jeffery), Editors.

    Published by Herbert Jenkins. London. 1963, 1963

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    ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). (1961) 1963 reprint. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp311. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations and maps, 4 colour plates by Peter Scott, bibliography. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in tanned used dust-wrapper. "Development, drainage and reclamation of land, both on the coast and inland, have had a marked effect on the habits and habitat of our wildfowl. This in its turn, has brought about a change of attitude on the part of the wildfowler, who realises that if his shooting is to survive and improve in the face of modern difficulties he must play as active a part in conservation as in the pursuit of his quartry. .Co-operation in a joint cause is the key-note .throughout this work, the most comprehensive book on the sport today." Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl identification and distribution, wader identification and hybridization; The migration of British geese and ducks; Food habits of wildfowl; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; Making and using decoys; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Inland marsh shooting; Fenland shooting; The broads; The wildfowler in Eire; Punt-gunning; Duck rearing and ringing; On ringing a duck; Wildfowl in captivity; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Goose conservation; Bird protection and the wildfowler; National wildfowl counts; Conservation of wildfowl in Britain; The diseases of wildfowl; Vermin destruction; Wildfowl taxidermy; wildfowl cookery; Wildfowling etiquette; Famous wildfowlers of the past; Bibliography. .