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GOOSE SHOOTING
Written by Alasdair Mitchell. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1326253
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The sport of goose shooting. A studied look at current methods and etiquette. Colour and b/w photos. B/w illustrations including one by BB. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 185310793X. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some foxing to endpapers and textblock.

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RAMBLINGS OF A SPORTSMAN-NATURALIST
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1323855
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Drawn mainly from the sporting diaries he kept for many years, BB recalls numerous little adventures afield. A collection of happenings and impressions of the seasons, beautifully enhanced by dramatic b/w scraperboard illustrations throughout. Black boards, gilt lettering to spine. 176 pages. ISBN: 0718118154. Spine bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page edge browning. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FIREARMS (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Nicholas Du Quesne-Bird.
Stock no. 1323051
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Book No. 75. With 119 Black and white photographs and 9 line drawings. ISBN: 0723215715. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper (1982 Cyanamid) is just a little edge creased.

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THE PLAINS RIFLE
Written by Charles E. Hanson.
Stock no. 1823158
Published by The Gun Room Press. 1st thus 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprint Edition. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 088227015X. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Text block lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn (no loss), slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed to rear panel.

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THE HARE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; Gerald Lascelles; Charles Richardson; J.S. Gibbons; G.H. Longman; Kenney Herbert. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Charles Whymper; et al..
Stock no. 2136038
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1896. Very good condition.

Fur and Feather series. Beige pictorial cloth with red titles. B/w plates. Natural History, Shooting, Coursing, and Cookery. Foxing throughout. Some page edges are not fully opened.

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SNIPE AND WOODCOCK
Written by L.H. De Visme Shaw; Richard J. Ussher; Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Charles Whymper.
Stock no. 2136036
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1903. Almost very good condition.

Fur, Feather & Fin series. Beige pictorial boards, red and gilt titles. B/w plates. With chapters on Snipe and Woodcock in Ireland by Ussher; Cookery by Shand. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp staining to prelims and top of page edges.

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THE PHEASANT
Written by Alfred E.T. Watson; H.A. MacPherson; A.J. Stuart-Wortley; Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn.
Stock no. 2136035
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1895. Very good condition.

Fur and Feather Series edited by Alfred E.T. Watson. Includes Natural History of the Pheasant by Rev. H.A. MacPherson; Shooting the Pheasant by A.J. Stuart-Wortey; Cookery of the Pheasant by Alexander Innes Shand. 265 pages, plus 24 page booklist to rear. B/w illustrations. Browning to spine; some marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

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THE GROUSE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; A.J. Stuart-Wortley; George Saintsbury. Illustrated by A.J. Stuart-Wortley; Archibald Thorburn.
Stock no. 2136034
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1894. Almost very good condition.

Fur and Feather Series. Beige pictorial cloth, red and gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small damp stain to bottom corner of rear cover. Foxing and browning throughout. A couple of page edges are uncut.

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THE PARTRIDGE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; A.J. Stuart-Wortley; George Saintsbury.
Stock no. 2136031
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1894. Almost very good condition.

Fur and Feather series. Second edition. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corner. Browning to spine. Some pages/edges are unopened. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing throughout book and to outer page edges.

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THE GUN AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
Written by W.W. Greener.
Stock no. 2135885
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 8th 1907. Fair condition.

Dark green cloth. 8th edition, rewritten, and with many additional illustrations. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. Spine is very browned and heavily taped back onto covers. Heavy marking and wear to rest of covers; scuffing and chipping along edges. Joints are broken - some repair with tape. Pages are very grubby to margins and edges. Endpapers are especially grubby. This is a WORKING copy ONLY!

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RIFLE AND GUN
Written by L.B. Escritt.
Stock no. 2135664
Published by MacDonald & Evans Ltd.. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

For practice, competition and sport. B/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven browning and spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby in places with edge-tears and chips; a little loss.

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MODERN WILDFOWLING
Written by Eric Begbie.
Stock no. 1817962
Published by Saiga Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the sport, quarry species, guns and equipment, gundogs and cooking the bag are all covered in a clear and concise manner. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Colour illustrations of wildfowl. ISBN: 0904558762. Corners bumped. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Top edge of text block browned. Couple of colour illustrations are annotated to show the wildfowl is protected. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine and rear.

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