quiller wykey shropshire 2013 (6 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2013). 2013 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp192. Colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A practical guide to fox control with many accounts of the author's own experiences. "This fieldcraft book uses a number of narratives - usually night shooting of foxes - to show how to dispose of pests that endanger livestock, providing the best technical tips and pointers a pest controller needs. The author covers the year month-by-month, discussing how the changes of the seasons contribute to changes of hunting style. Each month includes first-hand accounts of hunts to demonstrate some of the challenges that foxers may be faced with as the seasons and weather change. Each of the narratives is accompanied by photographs and step-by-step line drawings, along with highlights of fieldcraft techniques. Night-vision and thermal-imaging equipment have now become mainstream and A Foxer's Year covers their usage in detail." The foreword is by Robert Bucknell. Contents include:- A frantic time in the fog; Dark fox; A game for two; Three shoots in a day; A foxy tale of lambs' tails; 'Ee ain't going to beat, I's sure 'o that'; The flying squirrel that bit back; More deadly than the male; Birth night; Dogged pursuit; A bit of a drag; Three dog night; Helping a keeper; Daylight marauder; Hunt for a lamb killer; Reds in the night; Dealing with a lamb killer; Half fox, half rat; Carrion feeders; Duck killer; Free range fox; A good start; Last light dog; Nest raider; Woodpecker killer; Cub clear-up; Pimp my sticks; A fourhead problem; Fighting foxes; I love it when a plan comes together; Aural six; Rain stops play; Crane-fly catchers; Heavy load; Afterbirth and the afterlife; Keeping it real; Foxing in the moonlit night; Natural warnings; A really tough mission; An old adversary; Bird strike; An excellent session!; Four down; Honour restored; Hard nuts and whole nuts; Four by twos; Additive foxing; Four-foot owl; Four on the floor; High five; First kill for the thermal; Ten-minute chicken killer. PREVIOUS PRICE £25.00.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2013). 2013 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp224. Colour & b/w photographs, bibliography. Fawn boards, spine titled in gilt. Mint in dust-wrapper. "An extensive and fascinating history of the sporting lodge, beautifully illustrated throughout, covering the classic, most interesting and unusual shooting, stalking, fishing and hunting lodges, bothies, huts, boxes and barns. Including wall trophies, gun cabinets, game books and much more, these tales from the past and anecdotes from the present combine together to create a superb read for anyone interested in country sports and rural social history." Chapters include: How the lodge came about; Location, location, location; Journeying to the lodge; Life in the lodge; Cooking and cuisine; Boots, guns and rods. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2013). 2013 1st edition. Large 4to (260 x 315mm). Pp472. Colour photographs throughout, bibliography, patterned endpapers. Black boards, titled in gilt on spine. Slightly tanned but a very good copy in rather rubbed dust-wrapper. This is Donald Dallas's eighth book investigating the history of British gunmakers. "This magnificent book, .details the history of James Purdey & Sons, the British gunmaker universally respected and known the world over as makers of the finest quality guns. The author includes several appendices including serial numbers to assist with dating guns, as well as production figures to show the rarity of each. All patents are described, plus the Purdey gunmakers named to help identify initials stamped on the parts." Appendices give serial numbers and production figures. Foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh. A fine work, eagerly anticipated. Although based on the earlier book, "Purdey: gun and rifle makers. the definitive history." (2000), this is a completely rewritten and newly illustrated new book. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2013). 2013 1st edition. Large 4to (260 x 315mm). Pp472. Colour photographs throughout, bibliography, patterned endpapers. Black boards, titled in gilt on spine. Very good copy in dust-wrapper with slight signs of use. This is Donald Dallas's eighth book investigating the history of British gunmakers. "This magnificent book, .details the history of James Purdey & Sons, the British gunmaker universally respected and known the world over as makers of the finest quality guns. The author includes several appendices including serial numbers to assist with dating guns, as well as production figures to show the rarity of each. All patents are described, plus the Purdey gunmakers named to help identify initials stamped on the parts." Appendices give serial numbers and production figures. Foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh. A fine work, eagerly anticipated. Although based on the earlier book, "Purdey: gun and rifle makers. the definitive history." (2000), this is a completely rewritten and newly illustrated new book. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2013). 2013 1st edition - de luxe issue of only 200 signed & numbered leather-bound copies. Large 4to (260 x 315mm). Pp472. Colour photographs throughout, bibliography, pictorial endpapers, silk marker. Full black leather, spine & upper board panel titled in gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt, silk marker. Presented in a handsome maroon cloth book-box, lined in watered silk. Fine copy in clam-shell book-box. Limitation page numbered & signed by Donald Dallas and Purdey directors Richard Purdey and Nigel Beaumont. A fine leather-bound edition of Donald Dallas's eighth book investigating the history of British gunmakers. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2013). 2013 1st edition - special edition of 3000 signed & numbered copies, for sale only through Purdeys. Large 4to (260 x 315mm). Pp472. Colour photographs throughout, bibliography, pictorial endpapers, silk marker. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. This issue has a different dust-wrapper to the trade edition, and a different ISBN number - 9781846891915. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Individually numbered limitation page with ink-stamped signatures of Purdey directors Richard Purdey and Nigel Beaumont. This is Donald Dallas's eighth book investigating the history of British gunmakers. "This magnificent book, .details the history of James Purdey & Sons, the British gunmaker universally respected and known the world over as makers of the finest quality guns. The author includes several appendices including serial numbers to assist with dating guns, as well as production figures to show the rarity of each. All patents are described, plus the Purdey gunmakers named to help identify initials stamped on the parts." Appendices give serial numbers and production figures. Foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh. Although based on the earlier book, "Purdey: gun and rifle makers. the definitive history." (2000), this is a completely rewritten and newly illustrated new book. .