WILD-FOWLERS AND POACHERS: FIFTY YEARS ON THE EAST COAST. By Arthur Henry Patterson. Revised edition. Edited and introduced by Tony Jackson.

(1929) 1988 new edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Ppxviii,230. B/w photographs, illustrations. Light brown boards, spine titled in gilt.

The story of the old wildfowlers, fisherman, poachers and the wildlife of Breydon Water in Norfolk - or is it Suffolk? This edition has been edited and introduced by Tony Jackson, former editor of 'Shooting Times and Country Magazine.' Chapters include: Introduction by Tony Jackson; Preface by the author; The Bowling Green pub; Toilers of the estuary; Nights ashore; Certain gunning matters; Houseboat mardlings; The leisure hour; Notable snow-time hazards; Among the gossips; Diamond cut diamond; Breydonian humours.