Hardcover: 167 pages Publisher: Tideline Publications Promotions (Jun 2005) ISBN-10: 1906486409 ISBN-13: 978-1906486402
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2005). (1901) 2005 2nd Tideline edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppxvi,167. B/w plates and illustrations by author, photographs. Blue boards, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy. Loosely inserted numbered limitation slip. 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. PREVIOUS PRICE £30.00. Seller Inventory # 43705
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