THE ROUGH SHOOT. By Daniel Green.

THE ROUGH SHOOT. By Daniel Green.

INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN: IN ALL THAT RELATES TO GUNS AND SHOOTING. By Lt. Col. P. Hawker. Edited with an introduction by Eric Parker. With numerous plates. Reprinted from the 1922 abridged edition.

INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN: IN ALL THAT RELATES TO GUNS AND SHOOTING. By Lt. Col. P. Hawker. Edited with an introduction by Eric Parker. With numerous plates. Reprinted from the 1922 abridged edition.

THE GAMEKEEPER AT HOME: SKETCHES OF NATURAL HISTORY AND RURAL LIFE. By Richard Jefferies.

(1878) 1985 reprint of 1973 Tideline edition. 8vo (142 x 206mm). Ppxviii,219,ill. B/w engravings by Charles Whymper. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt.

A nice reprint of this popular first-hand account of gamekeeping and poaching in nineteenth century England. Facsimile reprint of the 1880 illustrated edition, the first edition appearing in 1878 when the author was thirty. A classic of country life in the nineteenth century. Delightful tales of gamekeeping, poaching, rabbiting, fishing and natural history. Chapters include: The man himself - his house, and tools; His family and caste; In the fields; His dominions - the woods, meadows and water; Some of his subjects - dogs, rabbits, 'mice and such small deer'; His enemies - birds and beasts of prey, trespassers; Professional poachers - the art of wiring game; Guerilla warfare - gun accidents, black sheep.
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Book Code
43718
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Author Jefferies (Richard). (1848-1887).
Book Code 43718
ISBN 0903270048 / 0903270048.
Book Description Minor faults but a good unread copy in dust-wrapper. From a stock of new books which has been in store for over 30 years and may smell slightly musty.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1985
Publisher Tideline Books.
Place Rhyl, Denbighshire.