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Popular Dogs 4th edn 1980
8vo, tiny mark to front of d/w o/w F/VG++ 425 gms
(Order reference 10061).£5.00 -
T F H Publications 1967
8vo, pictorial bds, sl wr, slightly grubby o/w VG+ 500 gms
(Order reference 10062).£5.00 -
Pelham Books 1st 1974
8vo VG++/VG++ 395 gms
(Order reference 10088).£8.00 -
Crowood Press 1st 1989
4to, sl wr + v sl crsing to d/w edges o/w VG++/VG++ 605 gms
(Order reference 10175).£12.50 -
Viking 1st 1996
square fmt 4to, price neatly cancelled in biro on fr d/w foldover, small inscr to fly-leaf o/w VG++/VG++ 865 gms
(Order reference 10250A).£7.50 -
Pelham Books 1984
8vo pb 128pp VG++ 190 gms
(Order reference 10254).£3.50 -
Caliban Books 1st thus 1978
8vo, v v min crsing to edges of sl dulled d/w, small area of tippex to fep o/w F/VG++. Facsimile of 1st edition.395 gms
(Order reference 10464A).£20.00 -
David & Charles 1st 1995
4to F+/VG++ 890 gms
(Order reference 10489).£10.00 -
Sampson Low, Marston & Co. nd c 1914
8vo, cloth cvred bds, gold titling to fr bd + sp. Min bmps + wr to bds. Inscribed 'Mr Gilbert Earnshaw from the author's father and mother May 1915'.
(Order reference 10757).£20.00 -
David & Charles rep 1974
8vo, v v min bmps to bds, v min crsing to d/w edges o/w VG++/VG++. With colour frontispiece 48 photographs and 28 drawings. 335 gms
(Order reference 10759).£7.50 -
Constable 1st 1978
8vo, gold titling to spine, tiny bmp to fr bd, sunning to d/w esp spine o/w VG++/VG++ 400 gms
(Order reference 10787)£15.00 -
Macmillan 1st 1971
8vo, tape repairs to d/w o/w F+/VG+ 450 gms
(Order reference 10815).£18.00 -
David & Charles 1973
8vo, small tr to fep at top left hand corner, sunning to d/w especially to spine o/w VG++/VG+ 530 gms
(Order reference 10816).£45.00 -
Excellent Press 1st thus 2002
large 8vo M/F. facsimile of original 1910 edition. 640 gms
(Order reference 11139).
This classic country book was first published in 1910 during the heyday of the grand sporting estates of England. The Edwardian gamekeeper was the ultimate professional countryman, responsible for raising birds on a large scale and in charge of the protection of game over substantial acreage. To succeed, he had to know everything about the wildlife on his patch and also about his crafty and sometimes dangerous adversary, the poacher.
A Gamekeeper's Notebook provides an absorbing account of the keeper's daily life and work month by month through the seasons. It reveals the secrets of the trade, the ways of the pheasant and the stoat, the hare and the magpie, the partridge and the fox, the badger and the crow, as well as the methods of the night poacher, with long net and snare. It is probably the most authoritative book of its kind ever produced.£60.00 -
Robert Hale 1st 1979
8vo F+/F 375 gms
(Order reference 11182).£25.00 -
Putnam 1st 1955
8vo, v min sunning to bds, v min wr + sunning to d/w o/w VG+/VG+ 350 gms
(Order reference 11185).£12.00 -
John Murray 1st 1997
8vo M/F 455 gms
(Order reference 11188A).£8.00 -
Heinemann 1st 1975
8vo F/F 605 gms
(Order reference 11190).£15.00 -
Heinemann 1st 1975
8vo F/VG++ 605 gms
(Order reference 11191).
£15.00 -
Viking Press 1st 1975
8vo, v v min fading to bd edges, sl wr to edgesm of d/w, large inscr to fep o/w VG+/VG+ 415 ggms
(Order reference 11198).£10.00 -
David & Charles 1990
4to VG++/VG++ 850 gms
(Order reference 11237).
There are many books available on gun-dogs but few, if any, written by more than one person. This new and comprehensive guide, edited and compiled by top sporting journalist John Humphreys, uses thirteen — all international experts - including some of the legendary names in the gundog world: Bill Meldrum, HM TheQueen's head keeper at Sandringham; John Halstead of Drakeshead, breeder of many a field trial champion; Peter Moxon, for forty years the Shooting Times gundog columnist, and many more.
There has never been a time in the history of shooting when dog work has been more keenly followed: the view is widely held that a shooting man or woman who ventures forth dogless is poorly equipped indeed. In this unique book, each contributor takes one aspect of the subject and examines it in depth, drawing on his or her own experience and expertise to provide the detailed knowledge so essential to success. From breeding and early training to field trials and working at the highest level in the shooting field, every aspect of gundog work is covered. A wide range of breeds is also discussed, with generous reference to the increasingly popular HPRs.
Linking the main chapters are case histories of a succession of one-man labradors owned by the editor, each different, and each with a lesson to teach. There are also hitherto unpublished stories of dog work in the shooting field by HM The Queen, and much more.
John Palev's superb illustrations, black-and-white pictures from Dave Parfitt and some remarkable colour photography by J.L. Barnard complete a sumptuously illustrated and richly informative book, which will prove invaluable to the beginner and experienced sportsman alike.£20.00 -
John Murray new edition 2nd imp 1903
8vo, no d/w, fep mssg, sl dulling to bds esp to spine o/w VG+ 575 gms
(Order reference 11306).£5.00 -
John Murray new edition 2nd imp 1902
8vo, no d/w, fep mssg, sl dulling esp to spine, v min bmps o/w VG+ 745 gms
(Order reference 11307).£5.00 -
Centre for North-West Regional Studies University of Lancaster 2000
small 4to pb 152pp F+ 415 gms
(Order reference 11409)£6.50 -
Hutton Press 1st 1984
8vo pb 116pp, v min spotting to foredge o/w VG++ 205 gms
(Order reference 11570A).£4.00 -
Heinemann 1st 1960
8vo, bmps to bds, min spotting to prelims, v min loosening to front hnge, wr, chps, trs + crsing to d/w o/w VG+/VG 360 gms
(Order reference 11781).£15.00 -
Prism Press 1st 1977
8vo pb 126pp, min bmps + wr to sl grubby + spotted cvrs o/w VG+ 170 gms
(Order reference 12030).£5.00 -
Penguin Books rep 1975
4to pb 120pp, rbs + wr to edges of cvrs + v sl crsing o/w VG+ 270 gms
(Order reference 12039).£1.00 -
Helm Press 1st 1997
8vo pb 93pp F+ 245 gms
(Order reference 12136).£8.50 -
Helm Press 1st 2004
4to pb 164pp, v v min wr to edges of cvrs o/w F 455 gms
(Order reference 12143).£12.00 -
Swan Hill 1st 1992
4to pb 143pp, v v sl damage to base of spine o/w F 405 gms
(Order reference 12199).£3.50 -
Alan Sutton 1st 1989
large 8vo, staining to bds o/w F/VG++ 630 gms
(Order reference 12302).£8.50 -
Nimrod Book Service 2nd edn 1985
large 8vo F/VG++ 550 gms
(Order reference 12344).£8.50 -
Crowood Press 1st 1990
4to F/VG++ 460 gms
(Order reference 12489).£12.00 -
Abacus 1975
8vo pb 252pp, min wr + bmps to edges of cvrs o/w VG+ 230 gms
(Order reference 12537).£4.00 -
Boydell Press rep 1983
large 8vo, min marking to sl grubby d/w o/w VG++/VG+ 400 gms
(Order reference 12549).£15.00 -
Hodder & Stoughton 1st 1981
large 8vo, v v min wr to d/w edges o/w F/VG++ 550 gms
(Order reference 12890).£6.00 -
Chatto & Windus 1st 1979
8vo, bmps to bds, dulling to bd edges o/w VG++/VG++. Signed by author on 1/2 title page. 395 gms
(Order reference 12891).
£5.00 -
Alan Sutton 1984
large 8vo pb 140pp, min wr to cvrs, small mrk to fep + to inside of fr cvr o/w VG+ 275 gms
(Order reference 13120).£3.00 -
Ward, Lock & Co. no date
8vo, pale sage cloth cvred bds with green titling to spine + fr bd, no d/w, min wr to bd edges o/w VG+ With 96 drawings by the author + 4 coloured plates. 230 gms
(Order reference 13125).£4.00 -
Molespurge Books 1st 1993
8vo pb 119pp, signed by author on fep VG++ 205 gms
(Order reference 13457).£5.00 -
Swan Hill 1st 1997
8vo, v min chps + wr to tail of spine of d/w + v v sl wr to edges o/w F/VG++ 580 gms
(Order reference 13537).£3.00 -
Phoenix House 1st 1957
8vo, ex lib, tape stains to bds, eps + pastedowns; wr, chps + staining to d/w o/w G/G 260 gms
(Order reference 13620A).£4.00 -
David & Charles 1st 1979
8vo, v v sl staining to inside btm edge of d/w o/w F+/VG++ 465 gms
(Order reference 13737).£5.00 -
Blandford Press 1st 1980
8vo F/VG+ 390 gms
(Order reference 13738).£7.00 -
Shire Publications 3rd edn 1995
8vo stapled sftback 32pp, previous owner's annotations o/w VG++ 85 gms
(Order reference 13822)£1.50 -
Hodder & Stoughton 1st 1979
8vo, black bds with gold titling to spine, sl creasing + chps to sunned d/w o/w VG++/VG 425 gms
(Order reference 13941).£5.50 -
Peter Wolfenden 1st 2001
8vo, green bds with gold titling to fr bd + spine, tiny tear to top fr edge of d/w o/w F/VG++ 655 gms
(Order reference 13994).£20.00 -
Rebo 1st 1997
small 4to, glazed pictorial boards in a similar d/w F/VG++ 985 gms
(Order reference 14033).£7.00 -
Pelham Books rep 1986
4to pb 144pp VG++ 425 gms
(Order reference 14045).£3.50 -
Queen Anne Press 1st 1986
4to VG++/VG++ 750 gms
(Order reference 14288).£5.00 -
Countryside Commission 1978
8vo stapled sftbk 25pp, sl wr to cvrs o/w VG+ 65 gms
(Order reference 14301).£5.00 -
Thomas Nelson & Sons nd
small 8vo, soft blue faux leather cvrs with gold titling to spine, teg VG++ 330 gms
(Order reference 14410).£4.00 -
Select Editions 1st 1991
4to pb 96pp, gift inscr to inside of fr cvr VG++ 260 gms
(Order reference 14486).£3.00 -
Hugh Evelyn rep 1974
square format 4to, blue bds with gold titling to sp, small cancelled bookplate to fep, slight crsing + trs to d/w o/w VG++/G++ 950 gms
(Order reference 14512A).£10.00 -
Bracken Books 1975?
square format 4to, black bds with gold titling to spine VG++/VG++ 850 gms
(Order reference 14711A).£5.00 -
Andre Deutsch revised 1st thus 1978
8vo, dark blue bds with gold titling to spine VG++/VG++ 285 gms
(Order reference 14805).£9.50 -
Shire Publications rep 1985
8vo stapled booklet 32pp, v min rbs to edges of cvrs o/w VG+ 80 gms
(Order reference 14860).£2.50 -
Denlinger's 1972
8vo, illustrated bds, v v sl wr to cvrs o/w VG++ 355 gms
(Order reference 14913)
£20.00 -
Institute of Irish Studies rep 1996
large 8vo pb 198pp, v v min bmps to cvrs o/w VG++ 350 gms
(Order reference 14991).£60.00 -
George Allen & Unwin 1st 1981
8vo, brown bds with gold titling to spine, F+/F 420 gms
(Order reference 14992).Few gamekeepers "are better qualified than Norman Mursell, with fifty years experience behind him, to write about the arts of his profession - rearing the birds, dealing with vermin, exciting and dangerous encounters with poachers, working with dogs, and so on - but [this book] is much more than a gamekeeper's manual. It carries the unmistakeable authenticity of the countryman writing about the countryside he knows and loves, and painting a picture in which its wildlife, its farming, its customs, characters and crafts all take their place."
£5.00 -
Macmillan 1st 1971
8vo, red boards with gold titling to spine, very minor wear & sunning to d/w plus 3 short closed tears o/w F/VG+ 450 gms
(Order reference 15226)£18.00 -
Pelham/Stephen Greene 1st thus 1990
8vo, glazed pict bds VG++ 284 gms
(Order reference 1534).£6.00 -
George Routledge no date
8vo, black soft covers with gold titling to spine, black endpapers and top edge gilt. Top of spine incomplete, spotting to foredge + prelims. Slight wear to board edges + to spine o/w VG 245 gms
(Order reference 15467)£6.00 -
Shire Publications 1989
small 8vo paperback 96 pages, inscription to title page VG++ 105 gms
(Order reference 15469)£3.00 -
Pan Books 2011
8vo paperback 311 pages VG++ 270 gms
(Order reference 15530)£3.00 -
Titus Wilson 1953
small 8vo stapled booklet 28 pages. Small old price in pencil to top right hand of front cover o/w VG++ 50 gms
(Order reference 15609)£6.00 -
Owl Books 1st 1989
8vo paperback 221 pages F+
(Order reference 15610)£3.00 -
Owl Books 1st 1989
8vo paperback 221 pages F+ m315 gms
(Order reference 15611)£3.00 -
Owl Books 1st 1989
8vo paperback 221 pages. Small area of abrasion to bottom edge of front cover o/w VG++ 315 gms
(Order reference 15612)£2.50 -
Owl Books 1st 1989
8vo paperback 221 pages F+ 315 gms
(Order reference 15613)£3.00 -
Van Holkema & Warendorf 1981
large square format 4to, glazed pictorial boards. Gift inscription to front free endpaper verso. Very minor bumps to bottom corner o/w F. In Dutch throughout. 2040 gms
(Order reference 15651)£20.00 -
Saiga Publishing 1981
8vo, orange boards with gold titling to the spine, slight wear to edges of d/w, sunning to d/w o/w VG++/VG 490 gms
(Order reference 15730)This is the true account of the life of a poacher, based in North Staffordshire. It covers a period of around 50 years from boyhood to quite recent times. In perspective, poaching is shown as a product of the depression years although, obviously, the love of the countryside and the excitement of eluding gamekeepers and the law are important factors. The methods used for day and night-time poaching are all explained. The characters of the countryside - the good and the bad- are examined. Brushes with police and gamekeepers; the irony and the humour are all intertwined. Common myths and fallacies are criticized, and the author writes from experience, pulling no punches. Illustrated throughout with engravings taken from old books.
£4.00 -
Pelham Books 1st 1967
8vo, blue boards with silver titling to spine. Very, very minor crease + very minor wear to d/w edges o/w VG++/VG++ 300 gms
(Order reference 15759)£7.50 -
Batsford 2nd edition revised 1944-5
8vo, tan boards with titling to spine, no d/w, minor bumps to corners + slight wear to head and tail of spine, small name to front free endpaper o/w VG+. Fully illustrated with black and white photographs & drawings & coloured frontispiece 405 gms
(Order reference 15774)£8.00 -
Methuen 1st 1988
F/VG++ 300 gms
(Order reference 1870).£6.00 -
David & Charles 12th imp 1991
F/VG++ 274 gms
(Order reference 1872).£6.00 -
Oriel Press 1st pb 1984
8vo pb, min wr o/w VG+ Signed by author on title p. 332 gms
(Order reference 1969).£5.00 -
Ward Lock 1st 1983
ex lib, no fep, min mrks to fr pd, min wr to base of bds o/w VG/VG+ 336 gms
(Order reference 1982)£4.00 -
Andre Deutsch 1st 1993
min crsing to d/w o/w F/VG++ 412 gms
(Order reference 2021).£6.50 -
Pelham Books 1st 1982
tr to top of d/w + min crsing o/w F/VG+ 570 gms
(Order reference 2126).£6.00 -
Howell Book House 1963
no d/w, ex lib, abrasion to fep from removal of lib date slip, v min wr to bd edges o/w VG+ 576 gms,
(Order reference 2134).£50.00 -
The Bodley Head 1st 1974
inscr to fep, short tr to hd of d/w sp, short pce of tape reinforcement to inside tail of sp of d/w o/w F/VG+ 284 gms
(Order reference 2224A).£8.00 -
J A Allen 1st 1988
bmps to bds, min crsing to d/w, sl brning to p edges o/w VG+/VG+ 346 gms
(Order reference 2291).£7.00 -
Michael Joseph 1st 1990
F/F Signed by author on bookplate to fep. 410 gms
(Order reference 2314).
What, you may ask, is the definition of a backwoods man? R.W.F. Poole says, 'Backwoodsmen live in remote areas of the country from which they seldom emerge. On occasion, you may encounter them in cities when they have to visit their "man of business" or have their bi-annual haircut. You can recognise them by their high complexion and the smell of mothballs from their suit that was almost certainly their father's before them. But, in the end, a backwoodsman's life lies down secret lanes and upon windswept hills: they like dogs, old friends, old clothes and, it has to be said, old port.'
R.W.F. Poole has been fortunate enough to live and work in some of the most beautiful parts of England. He has been privileged to catch a glimpse of, and even be a part of, an England which may soon be gone for ever. In this immensely entertaining book, he writes about his life as a backwoodsman so that it can be read when the time comes for the politicians and bureaucrats to catch the remaining members of the breed, stuff them and stick them in a museum.
He tells of the days of glorious hunting, and inglorious hunt balls; he recalls dramas in the lambing shed, and he describes the occasional forays that all backwoods men allow themselves -like the farmers' suppers, hound shows and lobster fishing. All these are threaded with achingly funny anecdotes taken from his previous colourful experiences as Master of Hounds and stalwart of the English country scene.£25.00 -
Tideline Books enlarged edn 1982
v v min brning to p edges, sunning to sp of d/w o/w F/VG++ 338 gms
(Order reference 2427).£20.00 -
Readers Union 1975
sunning to d/w sp, brning to inside of d/w o/w F/VG++ 328 gms
(Order reference 2429).£5.00 -
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1st 1976
wr, chps + trs to d/w + sm amt mssg o/w F/G+ 546 gms
(Order reference 2459).£12.50 -
Readers Union 1976
min bmps to bds, v min tr to d/w o/w VG++/VG+ 314 gms
(Order reference 2460).£5.00 -
Roundwood Press 1st 1968
chps + wr to d/w, esp to top edge o/w VG++/VG+ extremely scarce 448 gms
(Order reference 2488).
Farming has often been described as 'a way of life' as distinct from 'a living,' and countless numbers of town dwellers cherish an envious respect for the countryman's lot. Sadly but inevitably, the age-old picturesque pattern of green-finger, stock-sense husbandry has yielded to the rule-of-thumb techniques of factory-style production; and sadly, too, few who have witnessed the transformation at first hand have recorded their reactions and their memories of the pleasures and hazards of old-time farming ways.
Aubrey Seymour answered the call of the land in the draught horse cultivation days of the early years of the century, and became his own master before he was twenty. He experienced some of its harsher disciplines across the Atlantic on the prairies of Manitoba at the age of sixteen, and subsequently returned to his native Midlands to farm in Warwickshire, where he still lives in active but contemplative retirement at Shipston-on-Stour.
The Land Where I Belong - the title is a happily apt quotation from 'The West Wind' of John Masefield - is a remarkable testament of devotion to a farming career extending across six decades. Mr Seymour's vivid reminiscences of a quietly eventful lifetime close to nature and happily bound to the soil provide a piquant insight into a rural economy that has changed a1most beyond recognition since his chi1dhood. His acutely developed powers of observation and his incisively retentive memory are free from the falsifying self-delusions of nostalgia, however. 'I have been a farmer, on and off, for over sixty years,’ he writes in unrepentant conclusion in his final chapter. ‘I have not made a fortune, but I have had a wonderful life, and if I were given the chance to begin again as a boy, I should choose to be a farmer again.’
His book is not only the portrayal of a wonderful life richly endowed with interests and satisfactions, but also an unassuming literary achievement that will bring new delights to all who have reveled in the farming classics of A. G. Street and Adrian Bell. Beyond its invaluable record of agricultural conditions since the turn of the century, its sensitive but entirely unromanticised perceptions of wild life habits and behaviour attain a lyrical quality that justifies comparison with Selborne’s Gilbert White, enlivened by shafts of gently philosophical humour worthy of Izaak Walton; the author’s chivalrous approach to the pursuit of ‘fur, feather and fin’ will be warmly approved by all field sports enthusiasts. Indeed, for everyone who loves the English countryside in all its varied aspects and activities, this is a book to be welcomed and enjoyed at first acquaintance and to be re-read and dipped-into time and again with renewed and enhanced appreciation.£65.00 -
Michael Joseph 6th imp 1974
F/F 300 gms
(Order reference 2544).£6.00 -
Bloomsbury 1st 1987
F/F 480 gms
(Order reference 2548).£10.00 -
Saiga Publishing 1st 1983
v min bmps o/w VG++/VG++ 876 gms
(Order reference 2782).£35.00 -
David & Charles 1st 1976
8vo F/VG++ 434 gms
(Order reference 2976).
£8.50 -
David & Charles 2nd imp 1985
8vo F/F 352 gms
(Order reference 2977).£20.00 -
Luath Press rep 1993
8vo pb 141pp + 9pp of publisher's ads F 264 gms
(Order reference 2984).£4.00 -
Michael Joseph 1st 1994
square 8vo F/F 642 gms
(Order reference 2986).£7.00 -
Saiga Publishing rep 1984
min bmps to bds o/w VG++/VG++ 660 gms
(Order reference 2991).£8.00 -
Saiga Publishing 1st 1980
F/F 700 gms
(Order reference 2992).£15.00 -
Select Editions 1st thus 1992
square 4to, glazed pict bds in similar d/w F/F 682 gms
(Order reference 2997).£5.00 -
Frederick Muller 1st 1977
4to F/F 660 gms
(Order reference 2999).£8.00 -
Alan Sutton/St Martins Press 1st 1989
8vo F/F 570 gms
(Order reference 3001).£10.50 -
Little, Brown & Co. 1st 1996
8vo M/F 360 gms
(Order reference 3002).£8.00 -
Harrap 1st 1983
VG++/VG++ 655 gms
(Order reference 3004).£12.00 -
Country Book Club 1972
8vo, v min bmp to bds, sl wr, min crsing to d/w edges + sl spotting o/w VG+/VG+ 346 gms
(Order reference 3020).£6.00 -
Michael Joseph 1st 1980
lrge 8vo, decorative bds in similar d/w, d/w neatly cvred in self-adh protective film 785 gms
(Order reference 3026).£8.00 -
B T Batsford 1st 1975
8vo, sl browning to inside of d/w, fep mssg o/w VG++/VG+ 400 gms
(Order reference 3027).£6.00 -
John Baker rep 1971
4to, bmp to fr bd, d/w price clipped o/w VG+/VG+ 575 gms
(Order reference 3166A).£8.50 -
Dryad Press 1st 1971
4to, no d/w o/w VG++ 450 gms
(Order reference 3167A).£6.50 -
Chatto and Windus 1st 1987
8vo, glazed pict bds VG++ 340 gms
(Order reference 3431).£5.50 -
Hodder & Stoughton 2nd imp 1968
sl sunning to btm of bds o/w F/VG- 450 gms
(Order reference 496).£4.00 -
Tideline 1st thus 1979
8vo VG++/VG++ 235 gms
(Order reference 6210).£10.00 -
Tideline 2nd imp 1977
8vo, no d/w, sl wr + bmps to bds + marking, esp to btm edge. Facsimile of 1879 edn. VG+ 320 gms
(Order reference 6218).£30.00 -
Houghton 1988
4to pb 185pp, v v min crsing to cvrs o/w VG++. Signed by the author on title p. 325 gms
(Order reference 6380A).
£6.00 -
David & Charles 2nd imp 1976
8vo, short trs + sl curling to d/w edges o/w VG++/VG++ 355 gms
(Order reference 7035).£5.00 -
Ward Lock 1st 1982
4to F/VG++ 525 gms
(Order reference 7065).£5.00 -
David & Charles 1st 1976
8vo, top r h cnr of fep clipped, sl wr + minor nick to d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 430 gms
(Order reference 7204).£6.00 -
Thames & Hudson 1st 1975
4to pb 128pp, v min spotting to prelims, wr + crsing to cvrs, inscr to fep o/w VG+ 305 gms
(Order reference 7208).£8.00 -
Hutchinson 1st 1982
tall 8vo, inscr to fep, crsing + tr to rear of d/w o/w F/VG++ 245 gms
(Order reference 7481).
For three months Archie Hill did what we have all dreamed of - he turned his back on civilization and, with the minimum support of a gun and a tent, refused all human contact and lived rough in the woods. This extraordinary book documents that experience in all its hardship and richness - for in the process Archie Hill saw the whole world with a fresh eye. He communicates his insights in strikingly vivid prose which has the qualities and inspiration of poetry.
Reviewing the radio programme The Second Meadow, Jonathan Raban wrote: 'With a gun, a storm lantern, a bar of soap ... he really is like a boy determined to keep those shades of the prison house from closing in on him again ... The Second Meadow is about that experience and prisoners everywhere (especially the millions of us who haven't even realised we are prisoners) have a lot to learn from Archie Hill.
'His prosestyle ... is like a poacher's net, thrown out to catch as much as it can of experience on the wing. Every paragraph bulges with perceptions, some of them obvious, some of them gleamingly new. More than anything else, Hill's writing communicates his enormous excitement in just looking at, smelling, listening to and thinking about the world he lives in. If he's notably immodest about society, he makes up for it by being humble before life. Reading him or hearing him talk, you quickly catch that deeper modesty, an invincible capacity for wonder'.£65.00 -
Allen Lane 1st 1980
square format 4to, small tear to btm rear of d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 815 gms
(Order reference 7637A).£5.00 -
Herbert Jenkins 5th prtg no date
8vo, d/w in library-type protector, v min wr + v sl dulling to d/w, gift
inscr to fep o/w VG++/VG++ 300 gms
(Order reference 7700).
A lifetime's experience of gunfitting and shooting bas gone. to the making of this invaluable book. Both the beginner and the accomplished shot will find it indispensable, and they cannot but study it with interest and profit.
Practically every aspect of shooting is covered-safety first, cartridges, loading, marksmanship and the right way to shoot, the shooting position, and gunmounting. Grouse, partridge, pheasant, and other game shooting are dealt with fully. It also includes chapters on plating and patterns, barrel bores and barrel lengths, re-stocking, gun-cleaning, and a great variety of other matters of vital interest to all sportsmen."A remarkably good book written by an expert." SHOOTING TIMES
£10.00 -
T F H Publications 1st 1985
8vo, glazed pictorial boards VG++ 825 gms
(Order reference 7786).£7.50 -
Souvenir Press 1st 1989
8vo VG++/VG++. Signed by author on title page. 400 gms
(Order reference 7897).£12.00 -
Chancellor Press 1st 1979
8vo, v min bmps to bds o/w VG++/VG++ 510 gms
(Order reference 7899A).£8.00 -
David & Charles 1st 1979
8vo VG++/VG++ 515 gms
(Order reference 7909).£5.00 -
Crowood Press 1st 2003
8vo, glazed pictorial boards M 290 gms
(Order reference 7985).£6.50 -
Spur/Saiga 1st 1979
8vo, v min wr to cnrs + hd + tail of bds, sl vcrsing + wr to d/w o/w VG++/VG+ 640 gms
(Order reference 8038).£6.50 -
Country Life Ltd rep 1966
8vo, min bmps + sl wr to bds, indents to fr bd, wr + chps to d/w o/w VG+/VG 505 gms
(Order reference 8186)£5.00 -
A & C Black 1st 1981
large 8vo, v min crsing to d/w edges o/w F/VG++ 575 gms
(Order reference 8307).£10.00 -
J A Allen 1st 1990
8vo, glazed pictorial boards F 290 gms
(Order reference 8342).£6.00 -
Percival Marshall 1st 1979
8vo pb 96pp, wr + rbs to cvrs, stns to btm of last few pp o/w VG+ 145 gms
(Order reference 8842).£10.00 -
Herbert Jenkins 2nd printing no date (inscr 1950 on fep)
8vo, no d/w, min bmps + wr to bds, prev owner's name and address to fep o/w VG+ 345 gms
(Order reference 8949).£6.00 -
David & Charles 1st 1980
8vo F/VG++ 425 gms
(Order reference 8952).£6.00 -
Ward Lock 1st 1982
small 4to, sm name to fep, d/w sellotaped to pastedowns, book slightly cocked o/w VG+/VG+ 375 gms
(Order reference 9057).£5.00 -
George Philip 1st 1992
landscape format 4to, v v min crsing to d/w edges o/w F/VG++ 630 gms
(Order reference 9064).£7.50 -
Pelham Books 1st 1989
4to, small gift inscr to fep o/w F+/VG++ 695 gms
(Order reference 9123).£6.00 -
Shire rep 1996
small 8vo 96pp F+ 140 gms
(Order reference 9445).£5.00 -
Shire rep 1987
small 8vo pb 96pp F 95 gms
(Order reference 9446).£5.00 -
Shire rep 1977
small 8vo pb 48pp, v min wr + v sl dulling to cvrs o/w VG+ 55 gms
(Order reference 9451).£2.50 -
David & Charles 2nd imp 1983
8vo F/VG++ 385 gms
(Order reference 9666).£6.50 -
Alan Sutton 1990
4to, v v min crsing to d/w edges, small gift inscr to fep o/w F/VG++ 895 gms
(Order reference 9702A).£7.00 -
Shire Publications rep 1981
8vo stapled booklet 32pp F 75 gms
(Order reference 9836).£2.00 -
Heinemann 1st 1974
8vo VG++/VG++ 705 gms
(Order reference 9860)In this book, specially written for the RSPCA's 150th anniversary, Antony Brown gives a uniquely intimate picture of what has become the world's most powerful agency for animal welfare.
£5.00 -
Whittet Books 1st 1993
8vo, bmps to top cnrs of bds, v min wr to d/w edges o/w VG++/VG++ 290 gms
(Order reference 9935A).£5.00
