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CATCHPOLE, GILES & EMERY, RODERICK: : WHAT A CHAP REALLY WANTS IN BED - A SHOOTING & FISHING BOOK. [illus by Olly Copplestone.]

UK.LUDLOW,SHROPSHIRE.MERLIN UNWIN BOOKS,2004.

ISBN 1873674805.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn per se,but residual evidence of removal of an assumed adhesive label to top,right-hand corner of front free endpaper and what looks like a same-sized residual but faint 'bleed' from verso of coloured front free endpaper to concomitant spot to following half-title,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, wrap-around red background with colour cartoon artwork by Olly Copplestone,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with capitalised white and yellow lettered title+sub-title and yellow lettered author's names,spine/backstrip with yellow lettered authors' names and capitalised white-lettered full title,rear panel of dw/dj with yellow lettered illustrator's name and an assortment of 4 thumbnail colour cartoons; with neglgible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Minimal and minor,superficial scoring/indents to either panel of dw/dj,but without any penetration to boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any of the glossy pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip and clean plain dark green endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-256pp [paginated] includes 61 assorted essays,53 single page,and numerous other part-page and a mix of essay head +tail pieces of colour+monochrome cartoon illustrations throughout the book and text - all by Olly Copplestone; plus [unpaginated] half-title,thumbnail colour cartoon illustrated title page,a contents list/table with acknowledgements to foot of same,a Foreword by Liz Kershaw (former Publishing Director of Cosmopolitan magazine),with her facsimile signature,and a dedication with blank verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age.It is only the minor faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading overall. Despite that it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. "What chaps really like to do in bed is to think about shooting and fishing.The pastel shades and heady fragrances of the boudoir are a far cry from their natural habitat of coverts, moors and marshes, lochs, lakes ponds and meres and, if they are honest, all a bit unnerving. There may be stuff that they get up to in bed from time to time, recreationally or otherwise which they will undertake with zeal and gusto deriving from a natural sense of inquisitiveness and a proper understanding of their obligations - but in the end they will always return to fishing and shooting." In this collection of essays by Roderick Emery and Giles Catchpole from The Shooting Gazette and Trout & Salmon, the authors drift agreeably here and there through the world of shooting and fishing and relate tales of high drama, low rivers, successes and failures, occasional triumphs and periodic disasters, some very funny, a few very sad; each graphically illustrated by Olly Copplestone.If you are a chap, or if you share a bed with a chap, this is your book. It will not make you a finer Shot or a better angler and it will not improve your technique, but left beside the bed it will always be there when you want it which is, as any chap knows, the whole point." Giles Catchpole has written the 'Last Cast' column in Trout & Salmon magazine since 1996, about his triumphs and mishaps ranging from our native rivers and lochs to Alaska, Tierra del Fuego and the Caribbean. He has been consistently out-fished by a variety of friends and relatives, outraged by the activities of politicians and antis and outwitted by almost every species of fish known to man. His column is populated by a variety of characters from the brotherhood of the angle whose piscatorial efforts, and occasional successes, are related with considerable wit, great charm and a deal of scepticism. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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