TALES OF A WILDFOWLER. By W.A. Cadman, O.B.E. Illustrated by Sir Peter  Scott.

TALES OF A WILDFOWLER. By W.A. Cadman, O.B.E. Illustrated by Sir Peter Scott.

MODERN SHOT GUNS. By W.W. Greener.

MODERN SHOT GUNS. By W.W. Greener.

THE WILDFOWLER IN SCOTLAND. By John Guille Millais, F.Z.S., etc.

(1901) 1974 1st Tideline edition. 4to (210mm x 260mm). Ppxvi,167. B/w plates and illustrations by author, photographs. Red boards, gilt wildfowler with oval border to upper board, gilt mallard motif and titles to spine.

This is John Guille Millais' recollections of a lifetime's wildfowling, ashore and afloat, with many illustrations by the author. Chapters include: A general description of Scotland as a resort of wildfowl; On day and evening shooting by the sea; On moonlight shooting - the fowler's dog, and wanderings by the sea; On marsh and lake shooting - with certain observations on the habits of wild-geese; A morning with the 8-bore; Field notes on the northern firths; A day with the punt-gun on the Moray Firth; On shooting under canvas, and some reminiscences of the Orkneys. Appendix - Notes on the northern firths and observations on the appearance of the British ducks.
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60195
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Author Millais (John Guille). (1865-1931).
Book Code 60195
ISBN B001AVY2BQ.
Book Description Small dents to top corner of front board, otherwise cloth clean and bright. Very good in stained and slightly frayed dust-wrapper.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1974
Publisher Tideline Books.
Place Rhyl, Flintshire.