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A collection of contemporary writing on the sport of wildfowling which includes work by Hugh Falkus, Michael Shephard, John Humphreys, "BB" and "Bonxie". There are tales of punt-gunning on the estuary; stalking snipe in the marshland; sitting in the half-light waiting for geese.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0044404174
- ISBN 13 9780044404170
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
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A PATTERN OF WINGS AND OTHER WILDFOWLING TALES. Edited by Jonathan Young. Drawings by John Paley.
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Unwin Hyman. London. 1989.
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0044404174
ISBN 13: 9780044404170
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 4to (195 x 253mm). Pp149. Colour plates by Geoffrey Campbell-Black, Julian Novorol, Jonathan Yule & John Paley, b/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Contributions by "BB", Arthur Cadman, Alan Savory, Michael Shephard, John Humphreys, John Richards, Bill Powell, Dugald Macintyre, Hugh Falkus, Alan Jarrett, Colin Willock, David Campbell, Graham Downing, David Ashenden & Peter Whitaker. Chapters include: The snow flight; Moon flight; Goose music; Winter whitefront; White-out; Wigeon under the moon; Ice morning; The shore shooter; Tideline; The wigeon; The big guns; Evening flight; Much fouling on the marsh; Wildfowling in a storm; Flight of a lifetime; Under a waning moon; A right-and-left; Fowling on the Ronds; One morning flight; Fowling days; Duck shooting at sea; A flight to remember; Duck in the sunset; Beyond the marsh-heads; Mistake by moonlight; Sometimes perfect; Joe's goose; Ten-bore wigeon; A pattern of wings; Ice-strewn waters; Chance of a lifetime; The North Sea surge; My best flight; Pinkfeet and blue toes; A quartet of pinks. PREVIOUS PRICE £20.00. Seller Inventory # 43604
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