Marchington John E (12 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Ppviii,216. Colour plates by John Gould (3), Maurice Pledger (4) and Trevor Boyer (1), b/w photographs & illustrations. Olive cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A comprehensive work on the natural history of all British game birds and waterfowl, as well as snipe, woodcock, golden plover, wood pigeon, rabbits and hares. Historical background, physical description, accounts of range, breeding habits and life-cycle. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 14.95.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp112. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Tom Banks. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used price-clipped dust-wrapper. A collection of essays on British sport - on ratting and pigeon shooting, pike and trout fishing, keepers and gundogs. Chapters include: Guns, men and places; Trout and the constant magic; On rats and ratting; The fascinating pike; In praise of pigeons; Tackle tinkering; Happy the keeper; Dogs of my acquaintance. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp112. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Tom Banks. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Stains to end-papers but good-plus in clipped dust-wrapper. A collection of essays on British sport - on ratting and pigeon shooting, pike and trout fishing, keepers and gundogs. Chapters include: Guns, men and places; Trout and the constant magic; On rats and ratting; The fascinating pike; In praise of pigeons; Tackle tinkering; Happy the keeper; Dogs of my acquaintance. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp104. B/w photographs. Tan boards, spine titled in gilt. Rather grubby and used but a good working copy in dust-wrapper. "This is a book for everybody who shoots game, from the small rough shooter to the large syndicate organizer. .John Marchington .concentrates here on the management and economics of the sport. With inflation [1976] creating enormous problems for all shooting enthusiasts, his advice on holding down costs will be very welcome. Some of his proposals break new ground. Good management .need not reduce the enjoyment of the sport, but is essential to preserve the standards of shooting while at the same time cutting overheads." Chapters include: Introduction - economics and management, the plight of the sport; Forming a new shoot - ambitions and costs, burdens of an organiser, profit and sport, ground and members, a hypothetical shoot, the search for economies, insurance, VAT; The ground - impossibility of perfection, how to search, hidden problems, negotiating the rent, the lease, the small print; The economics of driven shooting - pressure of inflation, where the money goes, possible savings, keepering efficiency, economies through large-scal rearing, purchasing, etc., vehicle economy, selling the bag; The organisation of driven shooting - firm control, forming the team, vetting them, insurance, sharing the work load, shooting dates, planning, stops, acreaging, outside days, bag adjustment, shooting lunches, tipping, rain; On a lesser scale - a new wind through game shooting, the road to major economies, part-time keepers, arithmetic of buying in poults, rearing, poaching, scaling down in all departments, hypthetical figures, self-help syndicates, management and general details, examples; Keepers and keepering - Cost effectiveness, finding a keeper, supervision, rearing, releasing, foxes, preventing straying, feeding; Rough shooting - definition, the ground, leases, size of the team, simple improvements, rearing, wet areas; Grouse, partridge and other game - graouse and their reasonable future, partridges and their less certain future, statistics, Game Conservancy partridge research project, snipe, and habitat improvement, woodcock, ptarmigan, hares; Of general concern - Safety in changed circumstances, poaching, planning, quality before quantity, how to acieve it, sporting agencies, the future for shooting. Appendices give: A schedule of Game Conservancy booklets; A specimen letter setting out the basis of syndicate membership. A useful book with a surprisingly contemporary ring to it. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp104. B/w photographs. Tan boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use else very good in like dust-wrapper. "This is a book for everybody who shoots game, from the small rough shooter to the large syndicate organizer. .John Marchington .concentrates here on the management and economics of the sport. With inflation [1976] creating enormous problems for all shooting enthusiasts, his advice on holding down costs will be very welcome. Some of his proposals break new ground. Good management .need not reduce the enjoyment of the sport, but is essential to preserve the standards of shooting while at the same time cutting overheads." Chapters include: Introduction - economics and management, the plight of the sport; Forming a new shoot - ambitions and costs, burdens of an organiser, profit and sport, ground and members, a hypothetical shoot, the search for economies, insurance, VAT; The ground - impossibility of perfection, how to search, hidden problems, negotiating the rent, the lease, the small print; The economics of driven shooting - pressure of inflation, where the money goes, possible savings, keepering efficiency, economies through large-scal rearing, purchasing, etc., vehicle economy, selling the bag; The organisation of driven shooting - firm control, forming the team, vetting them, insurance, sharing the work load, shooting dates, planning, stops, acreaging, outside days, bag adjustment, shooting lunches, tipping, rain; On a lesser scale - a new wind through game shooting, the road to major economies, part-time keepers, arithmetic of buying in poults, rearing, poaching, scaling down in all departments, hypthetical figures, self-help syndicates, management and general details, examples; Keepers and keepering - Cost effectiveness, finding a keeper, supervision, rearing, releasing, foxes, preventing straying, feeding; Rough shooting - definition, the ground, leases, size of the team, simple improvements, rearing, wet areas; Grouse, partridge and other game - graouse and their reasonable future, partridges and their less certain future, statistics, Game Conservancy partridge research project, snipe, and habitat improvement, woodcock, ptarmigan, hares; Of general concern - Safety in changed circumstances, poaching, planning, quality before quantity, how to acieve it, sporting agencies, the future for shooting. Appendices give: A schedule of Game Conservancy booklets; A specimen letter setting out the basis of syndicate membership. A useful book with a surprisingly contemporary ring to it. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 241mm). Pp143. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in black, duck motif to upper board. Slightly bumped. Good-plus in slightly tanned dust-wrapper. "Wildfowling is one of the most difficult and hardest forms of shooting. The problems of quarry recognition are immense, conditions are tough and the worse the weather the greater the chance of good sport. In spite of this, more and more people are attracted by this demanding and challenging pursuit and there has never been a greater need for a comprehensive book for the newcomer who may know about shooting, but who has never been wildfowling." Chapters include: Introduction to wildfowling; To begin, firearms law, Protection of Birds Act; The quarries, practical recognition, duck, geese, special problems of waders, migration, breeding grounds, individual species, goose populations, feeding habits of duck; Weaponry; Comfort and survivial; Concealment and marksmanship; Twilight flighting; Day flighting; Geese; Inland wildfowling; Playing the game; General. . …

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp104. B/w photographs. Tan boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in used, spine-faded dust-wrapper. Signed by author. "This is a book for everybody who shoots game, from the small rough shooter to the large syndicate organizer. .John Marchington .concentrates here on the management and economics of the sport. With inflation [1976] creating enormous problems for all shooting enthusiasts, his advice on holding down costs will be very welcome. Some of his proposals break new ground. Good management .need not reduce the enjoyment of the sport, but is essential to preserve the standards of shooting while at the same time cutting overheads." Chapters include: Introduction - economics and management, the plight of the sport; Forming a new shoot - ambitions and costs, burdens of an organiser, profit and sport, ground and members, a hypothetical shoot, the search for economies, insurance, VAT; The ground - impossibility of perfection, how to search, hidden problems, negotiating the rent, the lease, the small print; The economics of driven shooting - pressure of inflation, where the money goes, possible savings, keepering efficiency, economies through large-scal rearing, purchasing, etc., vehicle economy, selling the bag; The organisation of driven shooting - firm control, forming the team, vetting them, insurance, sharing the work load, shooting dates, planning, stops, acreaging, outside days, bag adjustment, shooting lunches, tipping, rain; On a lesser scale - a new wind through game shooting, the road to major economies, part-time keepers, arithmetic of buying in poults, rearing, poaching, scaling down in all departments, hypthetical figures, self-help syndicates, management and general details, examples; Keepers and keepering - Cost effectiveness, finding a keeper, supervision, rearing, releasing, foxes, preventing straying, feeding; Rough shooting - definition, the ground, leases, size of the team, simple improvements, rearing, wet areas; Grouse, partridge and other game - graouse and their reasonable future, partridges and their less certain future, statistics, Game Conservancy partridge research project, snipe, and habitat improvement, woodcock, ptarmigan, hares; Of general concern - Safety in changed circumstances, poaching, planning, quality before quantity, how to acieve it, sporting agencies, the future for shooting. Appendices give: A schedule of Game Conservancy booklets; A specimen letter setting out the basis of syndicate membership. A useful book with a surprisingly contemporary ring to it. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp104. B/w photographs. Tan boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Signed by author. "This is a book for everybody who shoots game, from the small rough shooter to the large syndicate organizer. .John Marchington .concentrates here on the management and economics of the sport. With inflation [1976] creating enormous problems for all shooting enthusiasts, his advice on holding down costs will be very welcome. Some of his proposals break new ground. Good management .need not reduce the enjoyment of the sport, but is essential to preserve the standards of shooting while at the same time cutting overheads." Chapters include: Introduction - economics and management, the plight of the sport; Forming a new shoot - ambitions and costs, burdens of an organiser, profit and sport, ground and members, a hypothetical shoot, the search for economies, insurance, VAT; The ground - impossibility of perfection, how to search, hidden problems, negotiating the rent, the lease, the small print; The economics of driven shooting - pressure of inflation, where the money goes, possible savings, keepering efficiency, economies through large-scal rearing, purchasing, etc., vehicle economy, selling the bag; The organisation of driven shooting - firm control, forming the team, vetting them, insurance, sharing the work load, shooting dates, planning, stops, acreaging, outside days, bag adjustment, shooting lunches, tipping, rain; On a lesser scale - a new wind through game shooting, the road to major economies, part-time keepers, arithmetic of buying in poults, rearing, poaching, scaling down in all departments, hypthetical figures, self-help syndicates, management and general details, examples; Keepers and keepering - Cost effectiveness, finding a keeper, supervision, rearing, releasing, foxes, preventing straying, feeding; Rough shooting - definition, the ground, leases, size of the team, simple improvements, rearing, wet areas; Grouse, partridge and other game - graouse and their reasonable future, partridges and their less certain future, statistics, Game Conservancy partridge research project, snipe, and habitat improvement, woodcock, ptarmigan, hares; Of general concern - Safety in changed circumstances, poaching, planning, quality before quantity, how to acieve it, sporting agencies, the future for shooting. Appendices give: A schedule of Game Conservancy booklets; A specimen letter setting out the basis of syndicate membership. A useful book with a surprisingly contemporary ring to it. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 241mm). Pp143. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in black, duck motif to upper board. Minor faults but good-plus in slightly used, price-clipped dust-wrapper. "Wildfowling is one of the most difficult and hardest forms of shooting. The problems of quarry recognition are immense, conditions are tough and the worse the weather the greater the chance of good sport. In spite of this, more and more people are attracted by this demanding and challenging pursuit and there has never been a greater need for a comprehensive book for the newcomer who may know about shooting, but who has never been wildfowling." Chapters include: Introduction to wildfowling; To begin, firearms law, Protection of Birds Act; The quarries, practical recognition, duck, geese, special problems of waders, migration, breeding grounds, individual species, goose populations, feeding habits of duck; Weaponry; Comfort and survivial; Concealment and marksmanship; Twilight flighting; Day flighting; Geese; Inland wildfowling; Playing the game; General. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 223mm). Pp288. B/w illustrations from old engravings, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Top edge dusty but very good in slightly used / clipped dust-wrapper. From The Boke of St Albans to the formation of WAGBI - a good history of the sport. Chapters include: Wildfowling before The Boke; Enter the gun; From The Boke to the parson; Hawker; The Golden Age begins; Decoys and their history; The Golden Age continues; Punt-gunning, the ultimate sport; The Golden Age and its ending; The birth and life of WAGBI; The twentieth century. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 223mm). Pp288. B/w illustrations from old engravings, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. From The Boke of St Albans to the formation of WAGBI - a good history of the sport. Chapters include: Wildfowling before The Boke; Enter the gun; From The Boke to the parson; Hawker; The Golden Age begins; Decoys and their history; The Golden Age continues; Punt-gunning, the ultimate sport; The Golden Age and its ending; The birth and life of WAGBI; The twentieth century. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). 1978 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp223. B/w photographs. Foreword by Tony Jackson. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly used in unclipped dust-wrapper. "John Marchington, well known for his books on shooting and his regular contributions to The Field, has researched his subject extensively and produced in Pugs and Drummers a book that is consistently entertaining and informative." Chapters include; introduction - pugs and drummers at the Game Fair, humans, rabbits and ferrets, the search for accuracy, an assessment of relevant literature; enter the rabbit; the mystery and history of the ferret; the natural history of the rabbit; the natural history of the rabbit - social structure; myxomatosis - the dreadful plague; ferret management; downfalls of the rabbit; ferreting; lay-ups and their solutions; on a shining night; rabbit-stew. This book has to be at the top of anyone's list for this subject area. .…