David charles newton abbot devon 1980 (25 risultati)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (151 x 218mm). Pp192. Colour & b/w photographs, b/w illustrations, bibliogaphy. Red-brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, slight browning to end-papers and edges. Good copy in like dust-wrapper. This is an interesting and well-informed survey of squirrel ecology and biology, with interesting material on the spread of grey squirrels, their control as well as much on their behaviour and ecology. A useful book. Chapters include: Introduction - the squirrels around us; Rodents in general and squirrels in particular; The red squirrel, the native; The grey squirrel, the invader; Grey versus red; Food and home; Behaviour, territory and mating; Family life; Migration, population and disease; Friend or foe?; control and culling; How squirrels are studied; Friends and neghbours; Conservation. Appendices include: Grey squirrel introductions from 1902; Red squirrel food in Britain; Drey dimensions; Grey squirrel signals. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 221mm). Pp191. B/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in used / slightly frayed dust-wrapper. "Ken Cope knows all the principal canals from long experience. He opens his book with a brief history of the canal networks that will enhance the interest of their waters, and wrinkles that any canal angler needs to know, be it on technique, tackle, baits or the fish themselves. There is a chapter on the increasingly popular sport of canal match fishing and, of course, a long section on where to fish the major waterways for the best results." An invaluable reference work for all canal fishermen. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 221mm). Pp191. B/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. End-papers stained but good-plus in dust-wrapper. "Ken Cope knows all the principal canals from long experience. He opens his book with a brief history of the canal networks that will enhance the interest of their waters, and wrinkles that any canal angler needs to know, be it on technique, tackle, baits or the fish themselves. There is a chapter on the increasingly popular sport of canal match fishing and, of course, a long section on where to fish the major waterways for the best results." An invaluable reference work for all canal fishermen. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition thus. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp208. B/w photographs, illustrations by John Catchpole. Dark olive boards, spine titled in gilt. Foxing to edges and end-papers. Good-plus in tanned and used dust-wrapper. A well thought of manual for those wishing to improve their shooting performance in the field. "Shooting is an art which can be taught and learnt quite easily: it depends not on any special gift, but on instincts which are common to us all, if we only knew how to use them. .Into this definitive volume, incorporating some material from his successful earlier book The Art of Good Shooting (1972), he has put everything that the sporting shot could wish to know." Chapters include: Handling your gun - how it works, holding it, mounting, gun fit, footwork; Firing your gun - lead, poking, special shots, the master eye, see the shot; How to practise - value of practising, clay pigeon shooting, then and now; Guns and cartridges - pattern and killing power, how to choose your first gun, when to start a boy shooting, best guns; Behaviour when shooting - safety, conduct in the field; Shotgun coaching - general methods, coaching for clay pigeon clubs, coaching at game fairs, schoolboy coaching; Out coaching - types of game fair, experience of driven grouse, a good pheasant shoot, reputation, for ladies only, how to marry a grouse moor, final advice. Appendices discuss pattern and killing power, and give suggested rules for a clay pigeon club. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 221mm). Pp191. B/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. "Ken Cope knows all the principal canals from long experience. He opens his book with a brief history of the canal networks that will enhance the interest of their waters, and wrinkles that any canal angler needs to know, be it on technique, tackle, baits or the fish themselves. There is a chapter on the increasingly popular sport of canal match fishing and, of course, a long section on where to fish the major waterways for the best results." An invaluable reference work for all canal fishermen. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition thus. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp208. B/w photographs, illustrations by John Catchpole. Dark olive boards, spine titled in gilt. Inscription to end-paper but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. A well thought of manual for those wishing to improve their shooting performance in the field. "Shooting is an art which can be taught and learnt quite easily: it depends not on any special gift, but on instincts which are common to us all, if we only knew how to use them. .Into this definitive volume, incorporating some material from his successful earlier book The Art of Good Shooting (1972), he has put everything that the sporting shot could wish to know." Chapters include: Handling your gun - how it works, holding it, mounting, gun fit, footwork; Firing your gun - lead, poking, special shots, the master eye, see the shot; How to practise - value of practising, clay pigeon shooting, then and now; Guns and cartridges - pattern and killing power, how to choose your first gun, when to start a boy shooting, best guns; Behaviour when shooting - safety, conduct in the field; Shotgun coaching - general methods, coaching for clay pigeon clubs, coaching at game fairs, schoolboy coaching; Out coaching - types of game fair, experience of driven grouse, a good pheasant shoot, reputation, for ladies only, how to marry a grouse moor, final advice. Appendices discuss pattern and killing power, and give suggested rules for a clay pigeon club. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1980) 1983 reprint. Pp208. 8vo (140 x 222mm). B/w photographs, illustrations by John Catchpole. Dark olive boards, spine titled in gilt. Spotting to edges else very good in used, price-clipped dust-wrapper. A well thought of manual for those wishing to improve their shooting performance in the field. "Shooting is an art which can be taught and learnt quite easily: it depends not on any special gift, but on instincts which are common to us all, if we only knew how to use them. .Into this definitive volume, incorporating some material from his successful earlier book The Art of Good Shooting (1972), he has put everything that the sporting shot could wish to know." Chapters include: Handling your gun - how it works, holding it, mounting, gun fit, footwork; Firing your gun - lead, poking, special shots, the master eye, see the shot; How to practise - value of practising, clay pigeon shooting, then and now; Guns and cartridges - pattern and killing power, how to choose your first gun, when to start a boy shooting, best guns; Behaviour when shooting - safety, conduct in the field; Shotgun coaching - general methods, coaching for clay pigeon clubs, coaching at game fairs, schoolboy coaching; Out coaching - types of game fair, experience of driven grouse, a good pheasant shoot, reputation, for ladies only, how to marry a grouse moor, final advice. Appendices discuss pattern and killing power, and give suggested rules for a clay pigeon club. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition thus. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp208. B/w photographs, illustrations by John Catchpole. Dark olive boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. A well thought of manual for those wishing to improve their shooting performance in the field. "Shooting is an art which can be taught and learnt quite easily: it depends not on any special gift, but on instincts which are common to us all, if we only knew how to use them. .Into this definitive volume, incorporating some material from his successful earlier book The Art of Good Shooting (1972), he has put everything that the sporting shot could wish to know." Chapters include: Handling your gun - how it works, holding it, mounting, gun fit, footwork; Firing your gun - lead, poking, special shots, the master eye, see the shot; How to practise - value of practising, clay pigeon shooting, then and now; Guns and cartridges - pattern and killing power, how to choose your first gun, when to start a boy shooting, best guns; Behaviour when shooting - safety, conduct in the field; Shotgun coaching - general methods, coaching for clay pigeon clubs, coaching at game fairs, schoolboy coaching; Out coaching - types of game fair, experience of driven grouse, a good pheasant shoot, reputation, for ladies only, how to marry a grouse moor, final advice. Appendices discuss pattern and killing power, and give suggested rules for a clay pigeon club. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp143. B/w illustrations by Briar Maxwell. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in browned and used dust-wrapper. With drawings by Briar Maxwell and a foreword by Dr. Peter Delap. Stalking red deer in the Scottish Highlands. "Mr Luxmoore describes in detail modern stalking methods, equipment and practices". Good ballistic table at the back as well as a weather forecasting section. Chapters include: What it is all about; Food; Habitat; Sheep and deer; Culling and sex ratio; Recognition of type of deer; Stalking equipment; The shot; Principles and practice of stalking; Weather forecasting for the hill; A day on the hill; A wasted day, or was it? .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (173 x 251mm). Pp220. B/w colour photographs, pictorial end-papers. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Lamination lifting from dust-wrapper but a good-plus copy. A comprehensive examination of hunting by an acknowledged expert. Chapters include: How my fox-hunting life began; The fox; The foxhound; Kennels; Hound management; Hound shows; The running of a pack of hounds; The general organisation of the hunt; The huntsman; The whipper-in; In the field; Riding to hounds; Fox coverts and their care (with thoughts on wire); Earth-stopping; Terriers; Digging; Horses and stables in general; A defence of fox-hunting; First-aid for horse and rider; Etiquette and clothes. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (173 x 251mm). Pp220. B/w colour photographs, pictorial end-papers. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Gift inscription, envelope containing newspaper cutting at rear. Good copy in used dust-wrapper. A comprehensive examination of hunting by an acknowledged expert. Chapters include: How my fox-hunting life began; The fox; The foxhound; Kennels; Hound management; Hound shows; The running of a pack of hounds; The general organisation of the hunt; The huntsman; The whipper-in; In the field; Riding to hounds; Fox coverts and their care (with thoughts on wire); Earth-stopping; Terriers; Digging; Horses and stables in general; A defence of fox-hunting; First-aid for horse and rider; Etiquette and clothes. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1980) 1980 reprint. 8vo (251 x 173mm). Pp220. B/w colour photographs, bibliography, pictorial end-papers. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. A comprehensive examination of hunting by an acknowledged expert. Chapters include: How my fox-hunting life began; The fox; The foxhound; Kennels; Hound management; Hound shows; The running of a pack of hounds; The general organisation of the hunt; The huntsman; The whipper-in; In the field; Riding to hounds; Fox coverts and their care (with thoughts on wire); Earth-stopping; Terriers; Digging; Horses and stables in general; A defence of fox-hunting; First-aid for horse and rider; Etiquette and clothes. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, slightly dented / slightly cocked. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Spotting to edges. Good-plus in stained dust-wrapper. Jack Grasses's copy with his ownership signature. Facsimile of an article loosely laid in (The Merlin in Wales, G.A. Williams, British Birds Vol. 74). "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in laminated dust-wrapper. "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Owner's address label to front end-paper. Very good in dust-wrapper. "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." .…

Condizione: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9'' x 6'' 159 pp ISBN 0715377361. Fine condition book, in near Fine condition dust wrapper with small crinkle of the paper to the top front cover, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. ECONOMICS & COMMERCE. …

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original archive photographic glazed boards. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 176 pp with archive monochrome photographs, track plans and tables throughout. Tiny name inside, else in Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. RAILWAYS & LOCOMOTIVES.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 0715379151. Contains 157 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with tiny crease lines to the spine tip, not price clipped. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects 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. LANCASHIRE.…

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 4to. 11'' x 8½''. Contains 224 pp with 51 colour and 91 monochrome illustrations and archive photographs. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715376861 NEEDLEWORK & TEXTILES.…

Condizione: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 0715380761. Contains 288 printed pages of text. Fine condition book, in near Fine condition dust wrapper with slight sun fading down the spine and the upper front panel, otherwise in excellent condition. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects 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. LITERARY CRITICISM.…

Condizione: Near Fine. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 272 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Very little wear to the covers, light foxing to the upper closed edges. Near Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, 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 0715377671 NAPOLÉON Bonaparte.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto. 10'' x 7''. Contains 272 pp with monochrome illustrations and maps throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with one small chip to the top of the spine. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715377671 ROYAL NAVY (RN).…