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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1983). (1983) 1980s reprint. Large 8vo (169 x 240mm). Pp144. Colour ident paintings, b/w photographs and line illustrations, location maps, proof marks. Minor faults but good second-hand paperback. This book was produced for the British Association for Shooting and Conservation as a textbook for BASC's Proficiency Award Scheme. An excellent introduction to shooting etiqette, quarry, sporting shotguns, the law and conservation. Chapters include: Understanding our sport; Shotguns and cartridges; Shotgun safety; The law relating to shooting; Behaviour in the field; Quarry identification; Rough shooting; Formal driven game shooting; Coastal duck, goose and wader shooting; The role of gundogs; Gamekeeping. Appendices include: Officially designated areas of landscape or conservation value; Conservation research studies conducted by B.A.S.C; British and Spanish proof marks; Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; Shooting a moving target. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). (1983) 1984 reprint. Large 8vo (180 x 247mm). Pp144. Colour identification paintings, b/w photographs and line illustrations, location maps, proof marks, foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly spine-faded and rubbed dust-wrapper. This book was produced for the British Association for Shooting and Conservation as a textbook for BASC's Proficiency Award Scheme. An excellent introduction to shooting etiqette, quarry, sporting shotguns, the law and conservation. Chapters include: Understanding our sport; Shotguns and cartridges; Shotgun safety; The law relating to shooting; Behaviour in the field; Quarry identification; Rough shooting; Formal driven game shooting; Coastal duck, goose and wader shooting; The role of gundogs; Gamekeeping. Appendices include: Officially designated areas of landscape or conservation value; Conservation research studies conducted by B.A.S.C; British and Spanish proof marks; Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; Shooting a moving target. .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Kenneth Brookes; (illustrator). First Edition. Edge and corner wear; no interior markings. This issue contains: Not a Trace by Sercombe Griffin; Australian Adventures by The Chief Scout; The Phantom Battleship by Rupert Chesterton; Let's Make a Camp Horn by Gilcraft; Good Times for Wheelers by Ray Dee; The Voice of Turtle Doves by Marcus Woodward; Camping Stunts - removable booklet by D. G. Turner; White Man's Ju-Ju by Christopher Beck; and The Story of the Jungle Brothers. Size: 4to. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Kenneth Brookes; (illustrator). First Edition. Edge and corner wear; no interior markings. Cover painting by Kenneth Brookes. This issue contains: The Man Hunt Mystery by D. G. Turner; Good Hiking; The Pearl Pirates by Christopher Beck; New Ideas for Scout Hikes by Claude Fisher; Bitten by a Cobra by Commander Attilio Gatti; What We Can Do; The Phantom Battleship by Rupert Chesterton; Fighting the Dragon by The Chief Scout; Making Fishing Nets by Gilcraft; Last Line of Defence by R. S Lyons; Spring Fashions in Birdland; and Let's Go A-Rambling. Size: 4to. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Introduction; Just a Song at Twilight by Robert Aickman; The Private Torture Chamber by Rosemary Timperley; Fear by Paul Tabori; Hapladies by John Christopher writing as Anthony Rye; A Bit Simple by Ronald Blythe; The Face in the Mirror by Denys Val Baker; The Home Stretch by Peter Ford; Sarah by D. G. Compton; Consanquinity by Ronald Duncan; The Lorraine Cross by Evelyn Fabyan; The Expert by Kate Barlay; A Local Haunting by Charles Causley; The Game of Dice by Alain Danielou; Dear Ghost by Fielden Hughes; Exorcizing Baldassare by Edward Hyams; On Terms by Christine Brooke-Rose; Ivory Joe by John Pudney; A Saving Grace by William Sansom; The Unquiet Spirit by Jean Stubbs; The House by the Water by R.W. Thompson; Water Water Wallflower by Fred Urquhart; Averil at Endercombe by Rosalind Wade; and The Guardian by James Turner. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Burgundy Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 250 x 175 mm approx. 144 pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white - both line drawings and photos. 1984 reprint. Specially written for The British Association for Shooting and Conservation for use with their Proficiency Award Scheme. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book - no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- title to spine faded non price clipped - cover £9.95. No other notable defects to book or jacket).Please request via "ask bookseller a question/contact bookseller" after placing order if you would like a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted prior to posting at no extra cost.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third edition hardback, 1933, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch tanned to spine (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature to front endpaper; toning to page-ends but text, diagrams and music bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 47, [1] p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. ; 3rd impression ; pink and white decorative covers in like dustjacket ; foxing ; with 8 plates in colour and 23 illustrations in black & white ; VG/VG. Book.

Pelham Books, London, 1984, second printing. Illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings and color illustrations in the text. 7" x 9.75". 144 pp. Brown paper covered boards".shotgun safety, the basic rules of gun handling in the field.the parts of the shotgun and their respective functions.cartridges.the law as it relates to shooting.game seasons.rough shooting, game shooting and wildfowling.". Fine in fine wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 256 pages. 9.20x6.10x0.60 inches. In Stock.