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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: 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. Hinges tender, rather shaken, some browning and use. Reading copy only in 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. .

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. .

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. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. UK hardback reprint, 1979 Barrie & Jenkins. The book is in very good condition, the dustjacket is in good condition. Illustrated.

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, end-paper maps, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly 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. .

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. .

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. .

New Edition (Revised and Reset). Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 350p., ill. ; 24cm. Subjects: Waterfowl shooting -- Great Britain. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Barrie & Jenkins 1979 H/B. near fine condition, clean and unmarked throughout. Shipped next working day from the U/K Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint Edition with dust jacket - collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New edition. This splendid book is primarily about wildfowling, but it is also about conservation. Its important chapters concerned with wildfowl conservation, observation and habitat are of the deepest interest. The Jacket is a little worn around the edges.

Condition: Good. DJ is clean but has a tear to top of spine. Gift inscription to endpaper. Contents are clean but lightly toned.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This revised edition contains a wealth of practical advice from thirty leading experts in the fields of sporting, shooting, and wildfowl conservation. The natural history of the wildfowl, identification, population and migration patterns, habitat and disease are all covered. There is detailed information on such topics as the law, guns and cartridges, hides, dogs, clothes and etiquette. The book includes a number of specially commissioned paintings. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Revised Edition. Minor creases and dust spotting on jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust wrapper with a little creasing, edge & corner wear, light marks/scratches. Endpapers and Inside boards with spotting. Internally Good - Quick flick through pages could not see any issues, clean and tidy copy in tight binding, A Good personal copy. Unclipped dust wrapper will be fitted with removable archive acetate film. **1334g** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed.

New Edition (Revised and Reset). Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 350p., ill. ; 24cm. Subjects: Waterfowl shooting -- Great Britain. 1 Kg.

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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine, price-clipped. New Edition. 350pp. Map end-papers. 5 plates in colour and 59 black and white photos. No fading or inscriptions. A lovely copy.

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. .

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. .

Original cloth with (bit worn / damaged) dustjacket, still a good copy. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good +. New Revised Edition. 350 pages incl. index & bibliograpny. Dustjacket has light wear/small creases to spine-ends/corenrs, library number to spine. Book has some rubbing to spine-ends/edges, front inner hinge is a little srtained at frontispiece. Library stamps to title-page rear & bottom page-edges. Page-edges are a litle darkened with use. Excellent b/w diagrams. Text is very clean & sound.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 221mm). Ppxv,172. Colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations by the author, photographs, maps. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library reading copy without dust-wrapper. The story of wildfowler, naturalist, artist, Harrison's two-year posting to Germany with the Royal Navy. Wider in scope than "Estuary Saga", which covered sport on the estuary of the Elbe, this volume ranges from Heligoland to Sylt and Borkum; from the great goose marshes of the Jade Basin and Emsland to the inland deer forests and the tideless shores of the Baltic. Mostly wildfowling, some roe stalking and much general sport and natural history. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edited by Noel M. Sedgwick, Peter Whitaker and Jeffery Harrison. 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. 350 pages, colour and b/w illustrations by Peter Scott including frontispiece plate, colour and b/w photos. Original dust jacket very good, with a little toning to edges. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. From the front flap of the jacket: "The New Wildfowler on the 1970's preserves all the valuable features of the earlier volume, though all has been carefully revised and brought fully up-to-date, and presents a great deal of entirely new material and a fresh set of splendid illustrations. It is the work of some thirty experts, writing under the auspices of the Wildfowlers' Assoiation of Great Britain and Ireland (WAGBI) and provides a wealth of information and practical advice which cannot fail to improve the skill and increase the enjoyment of every keen sportsman. But the book is also one that belongs as much on the shelf of the naturalist as on that of the shooter; its important chapters concerned with wildfowl conservation, observation and habitat are of the deepest interest. These show the great progress that has been made in recent years, the result of successful co-operation between the sportsman and naturalist. With 63 photographs, nine colour plates, many maps, diagrams and tables." Size: 8vo. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). (1961) 1989 1st edition thus. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp336. Colour plates and illustrations by John Paley, colour photographs, maps, extensive bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. The latest and largest edition of the wildfowler's bible, covering all aspects of wildfowling and wildfowl conservation. Thirty-five chapters rangling from the natural history and ecology of waterfowl to handloading wildfowling cartridges, punt-gunning, wildfowl cooking and taxidermy, as well as biographies of famous wildfowlers. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a UK first edition hardcover published by Herbert Jenkins in 1961. The jacket is Very Good and unclipped (42/- net). It has been laminated at some point and the edges have attracted grubby marks but nevertheless the jacket is still attractive and complete. The book is about Fine with a straight spine, sharp corners and firm spine ends. The boards are clean, unfaded in blue and the gilt lettering is complete. The page edges are lightly toned, with the top page edge sprayed blue. The pages are crisp with very slight toning but very clean text and images. Including the Index there are 311 pages of text and a further 7 colour and 63 black and white plates. The copyright page confirms the first publication in 1961.

Foreword by HRH The Duke Of Edinburgh. Preface by Peter Scott. B&w illustrations. Very detailed. VG+ in VG d/w.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Barrie & Jenkins Edition. Hardback. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Small piece of D/J. missing from bottom of spine. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip. Introduction by The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Mansfield. Preface by Peter Scott. This book preserves all the valuable features of the earlier volume, though all has been carefully revised and brought fully up-to-date, and presents a great deal of entirely new material and a fresh set of splendid illustrations. It is the work of some thirty experts, writing under the auspices of the Wildfowlers' Assoiation of Great Britain and Ireland (WAGBI) and provides a wealth of information and practical advice which cannot fail to improve the skill and increase the enjoyment of every keen sportsman. But the book is also one that belongs as much on the shelf of the naturalist as on that of the shooter; its important chapters concerned with wildfowl conservation, observation and habitat are of the deepest interest. These show the great progress that has been made in recent years, the result of successful co-operation between the sportsman and naturalist. With 63 photographs, nine colour plates, many maps, diagrams and tables. 350 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).