THE COMPLETE WILDFOWLER (ASHORE AND AFLOAT). By Stanley Duncan and Guy Thorne.

Published by Herbert Jenkins. London. 1950

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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1950). (1911) 1950 revised edition. 8vo (138 x 213mm). Pp319. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Green library binding without original pictorial end-papers. Ex library, numerous faults, large chip from title-page. Working copy only, recased without original pictorial end-papers, in green printed-cloth effect boards. The complete compendium of wildfowling in the early part of the twentieth century. In two parts: Shore Shooting and Punt Shooting. Fully half of the book is a comprehensive guide to punt-gunning with detailed descriptions of punt guns, gunning punts and their construction. Chapters include: Introduction; What wildfowliing really is; Wildfowlers and wildfowling yesterday, today and tomorrow; Guns; Ammunition; The complete gun-room; The law as it affects wildfowlers; Wildfowl dogs and how to break them; Shore-shooting - hutting; Shore-shooting - working 'longshore; Shore-shooting - day-flighting, calling, and decoys; Decoys - how to make and use them; Movements of wildfowl and shore birds; Migration of shore-birds and wildfowl; Some illustrative experiences; Punt-gunning as a sport; The dangers of punt-shooting; Some general notes; Gunning-punt accessories; Punt-guns; Recoil gearing for punt-guns; Conversion of muzzle-loading punt-guns to breech-loading; On loading punt-guns; Care of guns and gear; Weather, with a note on punt clothing; Hints on punting to fowl, and the actual use of punt-guns; Gunning-punt construction; Various kinds of gunning-punts; Gunning-punt rudders; Birds met with by the wildfowler. .…

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Title
THE COMPLETE WILDFOWLER (ASHORE AND AFLOAT). By Stanley Duncan and Guy Thorne.
Author
Duncan (Stanley) & Thorne (Guy).
Publisher
Herbert Jenkins. London. 1950
Binding
Hardcover

Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd

Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd,, Bull House, 15 Penrallt Street
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