SHOOTING: MOOR AND MARSH. The Badminton Library. By Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bt.
. (1886) 1901 5th edition reissue. Ppxiii,358. Engraved plates and illustrations by C Whymper and others. Decorative boards and end-papers.
"...With contributions by Lord Lovat and Lord Charles Lennox-Kerr". Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, sporting notables of their day, discuss all aspects of shooting deer and moorland gamebirds, wildfowl and waders. The authors' accounts draw heavily from their own, extensive experiences. Chapters include; Grouse; Black game; Deer stalking; Deer forests; Woodcock; Snipe; Wildfowl shooting - swans and geese; Surface-feeding ducks; Diving ducks; Waders; Rails and crakes; Wildfowl shooting on shore; Punting, or wildfowl shooting afloat; Fowling punts, how to build and use them; Swivel guns; Concluding remarks on wildfowl shooting; A little plain law for game preservers, keepers and poachers. A sporting classic. This title forms a pair with its companion volume, also by Walsingham and Payne-Gallwey, Shooting: Field and Covert". Bibliographical note: First edition, August 1886; Reprinted December 1886, october 1889, March 1893, March 1897. Cheaper Reissue, July 1901".
"...With contributions by Lord Lovat and Lord Charles Lennox-Kerr". Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, sporting notables of their day, discuss all aspects of shooting deer and moorland gamebirds, wildfowl and waders. The authors' accounts draw heavily from their own, extensive experiences. Chapters include; Grouse; Black game; Deer stalking; Deer forests; Woodcock; Snipe; Wildfowl shooting - swans and geese; Surface-feeding ducks; Diving ducks; Waders; Rails and crakes; Wildfowl shooting on shore; Punting, or wildfowl shooting afloat; Fowling punts, how to build and use them; Swivel guns; Concluding remarks on wildfowl shooting; A little plain law for game preservers, keepers and poachers. A sporting classic. This title forms a pair with its companion volume, also by Walsingham and Payne-Gallwey, Shooting: Field and Covert". Bibliographical note: First edition, August 1886; Reprinted December 1886, october 1889, March 1893, March 1897. Cheaper Reissue, July 1901".
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8543
Author | Walsingham (Lord) and Payne-Gallwey (Sir Ralph). |
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Book Code | 8543 |
ISBN | B001AW0GB0. |
Book Description | Some marks to cloth and wear to spine, foxing to some pages, inscription to rear of half title. Good copy. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1901 |
Publisher | Longmans, Green and Co. |
Place | London. |