Gray Philip Stephen (13 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2007). 2007 1st edition. 8vo (135 x 204mm). Ppviii,226. B/w illustrations by the author. Dark blue boards. Very good in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author "Signed for Glynn, a fellow fowler, with best wishes, Phil Gray". Modelled on Nigel Thorneycroft's "Fowler's Moon", this tells the story of a season of wildfowling on the Fens and the Wash. . Gray, Phil (illustrator).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2007). 2007 1st edition. Ppviii,226. B/w illustrations by the author. Dark blue boards. Fine in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. Modelled on Nigel Thorneycroft's "Fowler's Moon", this tells the story of a season of wildfowling on the Fens and the Wash. . Gray, Phil (illustrator).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2006). 2006 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 217mm). Ppviii,138. B/w photographs, illustrations by Corona Thornycroft. Black boards, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. No. 25 of an edition limited to 300 numbered copies. In 1959 the eighteen year old Gray bought a copy of Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon." The book told of coastal fowling on the salt marshes of the Wash, and described many places that the young Gray knew. He wrote to Thornycroft, by now farming in Rhodesia, beginning a long correspondence and friendship. Many of their letters are reproduced here, discussing wildfowling and giving vivid first-hand descriptions of the last days of the old Rhodesia and the beginning of Mugabe's regime. Gray describes his 1981 hunting safari on the Zambesi with the Thornycroft family. In the latter part of the book he reproduces sections from the game diaries of Corona Thornycroft, Nigel's wife; game shooting and wildfowling, fishing and an elk-hunt, illustrated by her charming sketches. Finally comes Nigel's description of an exciting and successful day punt-gunning for wigeon with Peter Scott. Fenman in Africa should be read in conjunction with Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon" and "Nigel and Corona", with which it shares characters and settings. Coch-y-Bonddu stock numbers, 24622 and 34598 respectively. . Corona Thornycroft (illustrator).…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2006). 2006 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 217mm). Ppviii,138. B/w photographs, illustrations by Corona Thornycroft. Black boards, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. In 1959 the eighteen year old Gray bought a copy of Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon." The book told of coastal fowling on the salt marshes of the Wash, and described many places that the young Gray knew. He wrote to Thornycroft, by now farming in Rhodesia, beginning a long correspondence and friendship. Many of their letters are reproduced here, discussing wildfowling and giving vivid first-hand descriptions of the last days of the old Rhodesia and the beginning of Mugabe's regime. Gray describes his 1981 hunting safari on the Zambesi with the Thornycroft family. In the latter part of the book he reproduces sections from the game diaries of Corona Thornycroft, Nigel's wife; game shooting and wildfowling, fishing and an elk-hunt, illustrated by her charming sketches. Finally comes Nigel's description of an exciting and successful day punt-gunning for wigeon with Peter Scott. Fenman in Africa should be read in conjunction with Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon" and "Nigel and Corona", with which it shares characters and settings. Coch-y-Bonddu stock numbers, 24622 and 34598 respectively. . Corona Thornycroft (illustrator). …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2006). 2006 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 217mm). Ppviii,138. B/w photographs, illustrations by Corona Thornycroft. Black boards, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. No. 6 of an edition limited to 300 numbered copies. * Note from author enclosed. In 1959 the eighteen year old Gray bought a copy of Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon." The book told of coastal fowling on the salt marshes of the Wash, and described many places that the young Gray knew. He wrote to Thornycroft, by now farming in Rhodesia, beginning a long correspondence and friendship. Many of their letters are reproduced here, discussing wildfowling and giving vivid first-hand descriptions of the last days of the old Rhodesia and the beginning of Mugabe's regime. Gray describes his 1981 hunting safari on the Zambesi with the Thornycroft family. In the latter part of the book he reproduces sections from the game diaries of Corona Thornycroft, Nigel's wife; game shooting and wildfowling, fishing and an elk-hunt, illustrated by her charming sketches. Finally comes Nigel's description of an exciting and successful day punt-gunning for wigeon with Peter Scott. Fenman in Africa should be read in conjunction with Nigel Thornycroft's "Fowler's Moon" and "Nigel and Corona", with which it shares characters and settings. *Note from author Phil Gray to bookseller Bob Watcham of Marshland Books enclosed. . Corona Thornycroft (illustrator).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (177 x 232mm). Ppviii,184. B/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight lean to spine but clean. Good-plus in used and slightly tacky dust-wrapper. Tales of wildfowling, fishing and skating on the Nene Washes. "The Nene Washes, formed as part of a plan to improve the drainage of the Fens in the early eighteenth century, provide a home for geese and other wildfowl as well as grazing for cattle. Today the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds owns much of Whittlesey Wash; in earlier days the land was the haunt of wildfowlers and eel fishermen. It is these wildfowlers and fishermen, who found both their livelihood and their sport in this wild waste of reeds and tall grasses, that are the subject of Phil Gray's book. They were men who were always opposed to anything that might curtail either their business or their sport, and in the old days things were apt to become quite lively whenever their interests were at stake. Many of these stories of shooting and fishing are told in the words of men like George "Wigger" Hailstone, Bert Weldon and Bill Benstead, who remember going in search of wildfowl on the flooded washes in their gunpunts in days when a good shot with the big gun might result in a hamper of plovers or duck going off to Leadenhall Market. Rough fellows they were, but they loved their sport and they loved the washlands." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (177 x 232mm). Ppviii,184. B/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. Tales of wildfowling, fishing and skating on the Nene Washes. "The Nene Washes, formed as part of a plan to improve the drainage of the Fens in the early eighteenth century, provide a home for geese and other wildfowl as well as grazing for cattle. Today the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds owns much of Whittlesey Wash; in earlier days the land was the haunt of wildfowlers and eel fishermen. It is these wildfowlers and fishermen, who found both their livelihood and their sport in this wild waste of reeds and tall grasses, that are the subject of Phil Gray's book. They were men who were always opposed to anything that might curtail either their business or their sport, and in the old days things were apt to become quite lively whenever their interests were at stake. Many of these stories of shooting and fishing are told in the words of men like George "Wigger" Hailstone, Bert Weldon and Bill Benstead, who remember going in search of wildfowl on the flooded washes in their gunpunts in days when a good shot with the big gun might result in a hamper of plovers or duck going off to Leadenhall Market. Rough fellows they were, but they loved their sport and they loved the washlands." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2011). 2011 1st edition. (150 x 218mm). Ppviii,241. B/w photographs, end-paper maps. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. Thirty years of wildfowling "Opening Days", mainly set on Whittlesey Wash on the tidal River Nene in North Cambridgeshire, 1958 - 1983. From a print-run of only 300: all of our copies have been signed by the author. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2001). 2001 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 205mm). Ppviii,226. B/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Near fine in dust-wrapper. Title-page inscribed "Signed for Glynn Cook, who I first met in 1968 when he was working for Shooting Times. with every good wish, Phil Gray". "Events experienced by the author, who draws the best from his diaries of forty-five years as a Fenland Fowler." .…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. SATB, approximately 60 copies ; Pro Art Choral No.1283 ; [Location: Adams-Gray - The Holy City - DEM-EDW - A - 003]. Sheet music.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2010). 2010 1st edition. 8vo paperback (150 x 218mm). Ppviii,124. Colour & b&w photographs. Very good copy. A good and detailed history of the Whittlesey Wildfowlers & Conservationists. .

Condition: very good. Stephen Gray, John Barrell, Nick Humphrey, Mark Lushington (eds), GRANTA Vol. 68 No. 1231, GRANTA, Cambridge, 1963. 218 x 280. Printed blue and black on white, orange and pink stock. The Modern Art Issue features an Essay on Kinetic Art and Frank Malina by Reg Gadney (cover design also features Galaxy by Malina), alongside 'Notes on Alberto Giacometti' by Stephen Bann, 'Pop Art' by Robert Harvey, 'The Importance of Ben Nicholoson' by Charles Harrison, 'Annie and Child' by Jules Lubbock. The issue also features poems from Thomas Clark, John Roe and Jeremy Hilton. Condition: very good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; ix, 404 p. ; illustrated with numerous black and white photogrpahs, portraits; 24 cm. ; LCCN: 66-25516 ; OCLC: 1630383 ; LC: QL31.G73; Dewey: 598.2/0924 ; green cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; photos, Arthur A. Allen, Spencer Judd, Wallace Rogers, Ivan R, Tomkins, Willie Gray Cahoon, E P Haddon, john M Hopkins, Stephen F. Briggs, Samuel A Grimes, Howe Sadler, Joseph E King, Carl S. Koford, Steve Crouch, E R Kalmbach, Chuck Abbott, Lloyd E Woolever, Nor man Groth, Martha Odum, A Wetmore, Ruth Greene, N R Whitney, Norman French, Douglas Fulton, Jean French, Mary Anne McClendon, J J Carroll, D. Pyle, W Earle Godfrey ; Earle Rosenbury Greene helped found both the Georgia Ornithological Society and th e Louisiana Ornithological Society. He served for a time as refuge manager for the US Biological Survey at the Okefenokee. In the 1920's and 30's Greene kept detailed notes on bird observations in the Atlanta Georgia area. From these note he published "Birds of the Atlanta, Georgia, Area", one of the first annotated bird checklists for the state, and was co-author of the first formal checklist for Georgia birds, published in 1945. The Georgia Ornithological Society established an award in h is name in 1975. ; includes a Life List of North American Birds, with locations noted for each bird ; with detailed bibliography and index ; FINE. Book. …