PARTRIDGE FOR SPORT. By Geoffrey Nightingale.
1990 1st edition. 8vo (159 x 241mm). Ppviii,152. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Powder blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt.
" The author and publisher believe that this is the only book to deal fully with partridge for sport. It covers all aspects of their management, including their release into the wild, mixing Reds and Greys, feeding, showing, and practical matters such as the construction of fox-proof shelters and vermin control". Chapters include: The partridge; The stock; Red-legs or Greys; The pens; Siting the pens; Feeding; The release; Driving partridge; The second syndicate; Of dogs and pickers-up; Keepers and beaters; Timing; Vermin; Rats, rats and rats; Cave canem; Foxes; The working party; Postscript; Conclusion.
" The author and publisher believe that this is the only book to deal fully with partridge for sport. It covers all aspects of their management, including their release into the wild, mixing Reds and Greys, feeding, showing, and practical matters such as the construction of fox-proof shelters and vermin control". Chapters include: The partridge; The stock; Red-legs or Greys; The pens; Siting the pens; Feeding; The release; Driving partridge; The second syndicate; Of dogs and pickers-up; Keepers and beaters; Timing; Vermin; Rats, rats and rats; Cave canem; Foxes; The working party; Postscript; Conclusion.
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Book Code
43994
| Author | Nightingale (Geoffrey). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 43994 |
| ISBN | 0851152562 / 0851152562. |
| Book Description | Creases to two or three pages towards the rear, smells vaguely musty from long storage else clean. Good-plus in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1990 |
| Publisher | The Boydell Press. |
| Place | Woodbridge, Suffolk. |