The Midland Game Fair, 20th & 21st of September

Coch-y-Bonddu Books at the Midland Game Fair, 20th & 21st September
It feels like Autumn - must be time for the Midland Game Fair! We are already busy loading up the van and trailers with lots of bargains. As usual we will have the largest display of fishing, sporting and countryside books available - new and second-hand and some very special offers. Scroll down for our FREE BOOKS OFFER along with details of a few recently published titles. Quite a number of authors will be on our stand at various times throughout the weekend so come along to have a chat and pick up your signed copies. See you there!
Pick up your FREE books at the Midland Game Fair
*FREE BOOKS* Come along to our stand at the Midland Game Fair to claim your free gift! Spend over £10 and receive a free copy of The Countryside Cartoon Joke Book or spend over £20 to receive a free copy of Mike Robinson's Countrywise Country Cookbook. Just ask us at the show.
The Countryside Cartoon Joke BookBy Roger PenwillPenwill's delightful cartoon-take on life in the British countryside today will raise a laugh with all farmers, rural post-mistresses, public transport users and village pub landlords. Packed with hilarious cartoons about life outside the city, from small-holders, to ramblers, to Aga-owners and others, this topical little book is a wry comment on the state of rural life today. With a cover price of £5.99, you can now pick this book up from us at just £2.95 or FREE when you spend over £10 at the Midland Game Fair.
Countrywise Country CookbookBy Mike RobinsonA good game cookery book packed full of recipes for the country kitchen. This large hardback book, with a cover price of £20.00, is now available at the very special price of just £3.95 or FREE when you spend over £20 at the Midland Game Fair. A fine companion for the same author's book on game preparation, Fit For Table.

To be launched at the Midland Game Fair

This year at Weston Park we will be launching several new books. A few of the authors, including Graham Downing, David Jones and Brian Mitchell, will be attending so do come along to pick up your copies and get them signed. If you can't make it to the the show this year, but would like a signed copy, then simply place your order through our website or over the telephone and we can get a copy signed at the show on your behalf. Just call or email us with your request.

Stalking Muntjac By Graham Downing To the deer stalker the arrival of the muntjac presents a new sporting opportunity, for though they may be the smallest of our deer species, muntjac are nonetheless a challenging and absorbing quarry to hunt. In this book, Graham Downing outlines their origin and spread, explains in detail their natural history and gives his experiences of muntjac stalking. Mint new hardback. £25.00 Signed copies available from 22nd of September - contact us to reserve a copy.
Downing's book should make a fine companion to what many have already said has become the definitive book on muntjac management in Britain, Muntjac: Managing an Alien Species by Charles Smith-Jones.Mint new hardback. £19.95De luxe leather-bound edition in slipcase limited to only 20 signed and numbered copies. £150

Gamekeeping:

An Illustrated History By David S.D. Jones David Jones has written a fascinating and comprehensive book on the history of gamekeeping since the inception of the profession in the late seventeenth century until the present time. With its comprehensive coverage and wealth of stunning illustrations, this book provides a unique insight into gamekeeping and gives an accurate record of gamekeeping in times past, something often neglected by other authors who have painted a much rosier picture of the gamekeepers life in bygone days, rather than a truthful one based on hard facts. Mint new hardback. £25.00 Signed copies available from 22nd of September - contact us to reserve a copy.

Think Like a Pheasant

By Brian Mitchell & Stephen Manning A fascinating and comprehensive book on the life of Brian Mitchell and his philosophies towards gamekeeping and countryside management - his once controversial views on pheasant rearing and cover crops are now accepted worldwide. The book covers his early working life from under keeper on the Sherborne Estate through to the great Exmoor shoot of Miltons where Brian saw the potential of the shoot to produce the now renowned Exmoor High Bird. It discusses his move to Castle Hill, the many challenges he has faced there and the development of the shoot over 25 years. Mishaps and successes are chronicled and each chapter is littered full of anecdotes - many of them humorous - and laced with the names of characters from the world of shooting. Mint new hardback. £25.00 Signed copies available from 22nd of September - contact us to reserve a copy.

An excellent new book on freshwater fishing with lures

Lure Fishing:

Presentation & Strategy By Dave Pugh Dave Pugh's success as a fishing guide is totally dependent on his customers catching fish. No fish means no customers. This book is an accumulation of twenty-five years of trial and error, and the defining and honing of a few basic methods on thousands of fish. Reading this book and putting into practice its no-nonsense advice will certainly improve your lure fishing skills and help you catch more fish, more consistently. Due to be launched at the Pike Anglers' Club Convention, Ricoh Arena, Coventry, 27th of September.

This great new book will be published in the following two formats: Standard edition - A high quality hardback. The first 250 copies will be signed and numbered by the author. Price just £19.95!De luxe edition - Quarter-bound in emerald green scale-effect leather and presented in a royal blue cloth-bound slipcase. This handsome edition will be limited to only 30 signed and numbered copies and will be available at a very affordable price of just £95! First come, first served.

One for the falconers

The Passage Merlin

By Jeremy Bradshaw Years of experience flying merlins led to the writing of this instructional book. From trapping to training to setting up a slip, The Passage Merlin gives falconers a foundation of knowledge about merlins they can build upon with their own experiences. "This original contribution will bring merlin falconry to ever higher standards through a deep, personal understanding of the wild caught merlin's psyche and its predictable responses to training protocol. This is the most comprehensive and finest example of merlin falconry methodology, alternative methods, and options in existence. No other volume comes close; it is cutting edge, state of the art, truly an organization of teaching and learning in a class by itself." (Mike McDermott in his foreword). Hardback in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. £60.00

Beautiful large format shooting books

These two large format sporting book continue to sell well - even better, we can now offer Shooting: A Season of Discovery by the Duchess of Rutland at the superb price of only £9.95! We also have some signed copies of Lord Percy's book, Fields of Dreams. Available only while stocks last.

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Some newly reduced-price books

We are continuing to fill the warehouse with bargain books (must be almost full by now). Below is a small selection of the most recent titles but keep an eye on the newest listings and bargain books sections of the website for the full range.


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And finally, too many big game books to fit in the newsletter!

Due for publication at the end of the month is the new edition Kevin Robertson's, The Perfect Shot. If you can't wait that long then we still have one or two copies left of the previous edition - click here for details. We have also just taken delivery of several new books from Safari Press together with new stock of much of their range of African and Asian hunting titles. Below are a few examples but you can also keep an eye on our newest listings section for further details. As well as the new books mentioned above we have also been cataloguing quite a number of second-hand, out-of-print and antiquarian big game books. We now have over 1,000 listed on our website! Click here to browse through the site and if there is anything you are after in particular but can not find then do contact us as we may have a copy sitting in the corner of the warehouse.

September 15, 2014 | View: 107 | Categories: News | Tags: flyfishing, coarse fishing, field sports, signed books, fly-tying, game fairs, fishing, bargain books, de luxe books, falconry, gamekeeping, cookery books