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THE SHOOTING MAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK

by BB

Illustrated by BB

Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st. 1948

Very good condition. Limp burgundy calf binding, gilt titles and borders with vignette to front cover. 479 pages plus game record pages at rear. 6.5 x 4". B/w illustrations.

Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. A few foxspots to textblock. A couple of small stains to front endpapers. Fronty joint is starting to crack. A few page corner tips are lightly creased. Contents otherwise clean.

Stock no. 1330404

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Contents

  • THE FIRST GUN: "B.B."
  • THE FIRST GUN: Richard Jeffries, the Amateur Poacher
  • WILDFOWLING ADVENTURES: W.H. Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago
  • MEMORIES OF BOYHOOD: J.C. Tregarthen, Wild Life at the Land's End
  • THE TIME OF HIS LIFE: J.G. Millais, Wanderings and Memories
  • A PLOVER AND A POLICEMAN: H. Hesketh Pritchard, Sport in Wildest Britain
  • MIND YOUR MANNERS: A.M.C. Nicholl
  • SUGGESTED SCALE OF TIPS: Eric Parker, Shooting Weekend Book
  • POEM, "EUSTON": Patrick Chalmers, Green Days and Blue DAys
  • BRITISH GAME SEASONS
  • CAPERCAILLIE: H.Hesketh Pritchard, Sport in Wildest Britain
  • POEM, "THE BORDER MOORS": Robert Louis Stevenson
  • A USEFUL LESSON: John Colquhoun, The Moor and the Loch
  • RED GROUSE: Charles St. John, Wild Sport of the Highlands
  • WARM CORNERS: J. Wentworth Day, Sporting Adventure
  • EXTRACTS FROM The History of Field Sports
  • BRITISH RED GROUSE: Abel Chapman, The Borders and Beyond
  • AN AMUSING STORY: Sir Hunt Walsh
  • BLACKGAME: Abel Chapman, The Borders and Beyond
  • OLD SPORTING EPITAPH
  • THE 21ST OF SEPTEMBER: Gilbert White
  • "PERDIX PERDU": Llewelyn Powys
  • PARTRIDGES AND TURNIPS: A Stuart Wortley, The Partridge
  • THE LOW-DOWN ON SITTING SHOTS: T.H. White, England Have My Bones
  • A SPORTSMAN'S PHILOSOPHY: T.H. White, England Have My Bones
  • THE INTELLIGENCE AND AFFECTION OF A GUN-DOG: Mjaor J.D. Llloyd
  • THE DOG AND THE DENTURES: R. Deterding
  • SIR HENRY MILDMAY'S PIG POINTER: Daniels' Rural Sports
  • SPORTING DOGS
  • EDUCATION OF DOGS FOR THE GUN: H.H. The Scientific Education of Dogs for the Gun
  • ONE AUTUMN DAY: "B.B."
  • THE ODDEST SHOT ON RECORD: Sir Hugh S. Gladstone, Record Bags and Shooting Records
  • THE STRANGE STORY OF LORD ANDOVER
  • SHOOTING ACCIDENTS
  • RECORD WEIGHTS OF GAME
  • RECORD BAGS
  • LARGEST BAG ON RECORD WITH SHOULDER GUNDS: Sir Hugh S. Gladstone, Record Bags and Shooting Records
  • RECORDS BAGS IN ONE DAY
  • RECORD BAGS: Game
  • A GRISLY RECORD
  • CAPT. J.A.C. STRATTON'S RECORD BAG
  • A RECORD BAG IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  • THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS: H.W.H. Stevens, Reminiscences of a Hard Case
  • MR STONOR'S RECORD BAGS
  • A STRANGE STORY
  • TWO OR MORE AT A SHOT
  • RIGHTS AND LEFTS
  • BIG BAGS
  • SPORTING JINGLE
  • KNOTTY POINTS IN LAW
  • SOME INTERESTING WEAPONS
  • SKINNING, MOUNTING AND PRESERVING BIRDS: "B.B."
  • USEFUL TIPS ON TREATING A SOILED BIRDS SKIN: Alex Barclay
  • PRESERVATIVE FOR MAMMALS: Alex Barclay
  • LIST OF COLLECTIVE NOUNS
  • COOKING GAME, A FEW RECIPES: Major Hugh Pollard
  • COOKING PIGEON AND WILD GEESE: "B.B."
  • CARVING GAME
  • BALLISTICS: Major Hugh Pollard, Shooting by Moor, Field and Stream
  • GUNMAKERS AND DEALERS
  • SHOT SIZES AND WEIGHTS
  • GUNS: PROOF MARKS AND PROOFING
  • THE ENGLISH WINTER: Eric Parker, the Shooting Weekend Book
  • THE SPORTING DAIRYMEN OF SEDGEMOOR: Llewelyn Powys, Somerset Essays
  • POEM, "FLIGHTING": Patrick Chalmers, a Peck o' Maut
  • WILDFOWLING
  • THE FINEST SPORT IN THE WORLD: J.G. Millais, Wildfowling in Scotland
  • TEAL: W.H. Hudson, Hampshire Days
  • LIGHTING WIGEON IN KIRKCONNON BAY: "B.B."
  • THE BEAUTIFUL SHELDRAKE: W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man
  • THE FIRST STAR: "B.B."
  • THE COMING OF THE WILD GEESE: J.G. Millais, Wild Fowling in Scotland
  • THE STORY OF THE GOOSE QUEEN: J.G. Millais, Wild Fowling in Scotland
  • "HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS": Peter Scott, Morning Flight
  • SIR RALPH PAYNE/GALLWEY'S BEST SHOT AT GREY GEESE
  • PRIMITIVE TRAP FOR WILD GEESE: Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, The Fowler in Ireland
  • THE WOUNDED GOOSE: W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man
  • WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA: W.H. Hudson, Adventures Among Birds
  • POEM, "RED LEAVES AND ROOKS": Patrick Chalmers, A Peck o'Maut
  • WILD WINGS: W.H. Hudson, Adventures Among Birds
  • POEM, "THE WILD DUCK": John Masefield
  • WILDFOWLING IN IRELAND: "Paddy Flynn"
  • POEM, "WILD GEESE IN MIGRATION": "B.B."
  • PUNT GUNNING. "B.B."
  • R.D. IRWIN'S RECORD SHOT AT WIGEON
  • PUNTING RECORD BAGS
  • CAPT. GOULD'S RECORD PUNT SHOTS
  • TIPS FOR WILDFOWLERS: "B.B."
  • A HUMAN RETRIEVER: John Colquhoun, The Moor and the Loch
  • WILD GOOSE SHOOTING: C.T. Dalgety, Wildfowling
  • GEESE OF THE CAROLINAS: Negley Farson
  • "A SOMETHING THE ANCIENTS CALLED DIVINE: Richard Jeffries, The Amateur Poacher
  • GAME RECORD

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