The New Poacher's Handbook by Ian Niall (24 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards are rubbed and marked.Cocked.Foxing.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. illustrated with pen-drawings by Sylvanus Marston (illustrator). Firmly bound with some handling wear including scuffing on the edges of the spine and creases on the first few pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Sylvanus Marston (illustrator). Reprint. Book is firmly bound and clean, lacks the front end paper. Jacket has been price clipped, is a little creased and has some edge wear. Black and white illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Marston, Sylvanus (illustrator). Reprint. Good + Copy in Good unclipped D/J. Some slight damage to bottom of sunned spine. FFE is missing. Free of inscriptions. Text clean with b/w illustrations.

Condition: Good. 1970. 1970 Reprint. 155 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Silvanus Marston (illustrator). Second Impression. This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The price clipped dustwrapper is in near fine condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Few people understood the ways of the country as Ian Niall and his Poacher's Handbooks were revealing about the nocturnal practices of the poachers in pursuit of game. Ref KKK 4.

Condition: Good. 1965. Reprinted. 156 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1960). 1960 1st edition thus. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Ppxii,156. B/w illustrations by Sylvanus Marston. Dark olive boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Some spotting, good-plus in rubbed dust-wrapper. "Water has passed under the bridge since the original edition of The Poacher's Handbook was written, water and a salmon or two. Things, people and creatures natural to the countryside have come and gone. Even a decade ago there were more men about who remembered the squire and who recalled the word 'transported' being used. Poachers there are, however, in the tradition. .Country rascals they may have been, .but resourceful men, and their sons and grandsons have stood more than once to defend the country that nurtured them. Many hard words were addressed to me for daring to produce a handbook on poaching, but I made no apology for it when it [first] appeared, and I make none now, .I trust I will offend none but those whose liver is sadly out of order." From Niall's, Notes to the Revised Edition. Contents include: Harvest of idleness; Bewitched hares; Respectability; The peacock and the perch; A hare by stealth; The long net; Clever dogs; Of gins and snares; A partridge whistle; Elusive coveys; Longtails; Bold characters; Legends; The day of Butcher Murphy; Deer and desperadoes; The ways of the fowler; Duck catching; The quiet river; Line setting; Otters and otter boards; Snatchers at work; A noose for trout; The gorse dam; Nets and netsmen; Sundry adventures; An eel from the stream; The modern market. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback 1st ed 1st printing. xii, 156 pp Illustrated by Sylvanus Marston both book and dust jacket are in very good condition. The book has a small neat inscription and the odd bit of foxing. The jacket has 1 small close tear.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1984). (1960) 1984 paperback edition. Small 8vo paperback (120 x 198mm). Ppxii,156. Black & white illutrations by Sylvanus Marston. Usual slight browning, mark to top edge but a good-plus second-hand paperback. "Water has passed under the bridge since the original edition of The Poacher's handbook was written, water and a salmon or two. Things, people and creatures natural to the countryside have come and gone. Even a decade ago there were more men about who remembered the squire and who recalled the word 'transported' being used. Poachers there are, however, in the tradition. .Country rascals they may have been, .but resourceful men, and their sons and grandsons have stood more than once to defend the country that nurtured them. Many hard words were addressed to me for daring to produce a handbook on poaching, but I made no apology for it when it [first] appeared, and I make none now, .I trust I will offend none but those whose liver is sadly out of order." From Niall's 'Notes to the Revised Edition'. Contents include: Harvest of idleness; Bewitched hares; Respectability; The peacock and the perch; A hare by stealth; The long net; Clever dogs; Of gins and snares; A partridge whistle; Elusive coveys; Longtails; Bold characters; Legends; The day of Butcher Murphy; Deer and desperadoes; The ways of the fowler; Duck catching; The quiet river; Line setting; Otters and otter boards; Snatchers at work; A noose for trout; The gorse dam; Nets and netsmen; Sundry adventures; An eel from the stream; The modern market. .

hardcover. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Foxing to edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects: Poaching; Hunting Great Britain; Fishing Great Britain; Poaching England. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. 1974 Heinemann Hardcover Edition 7th Impression : Very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ clipped dust jacket.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Foxing to edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects: Poaching; Hunting Great Britain; Fishing Great Britain; Poaching England. 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Marston, Silvanus (illustrator). First Edition. Previous owner's ink inscription on f-fep. D/w slightly chipped with a small tear at head of spine. Corners and spine lightly rubbed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0.0.

Hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 155 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Rubs to the spine ends and corners, tan staining to the front paste down and free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with nicks and chips to the spine ends, rubs to the corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 434510149 RURAL VILLAGE LIFE.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Silvanus Marston (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st Edition 1960.With illustrations by Silvanus Marston. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. More images can be taken upon request. ref 17593.