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SMITH**, GUY N[ewman]: : GAMEKEEPING AND SHOOTING FOR AMATEURS

UK.LISS,HANTS.SPUR PUBLICATIONS CO,1976.

ISBN 0904558177.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean, glossy laminated,colour photographic upper wrap, b/w publisher advert to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - one small closed tear to top,rear corner of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges lightly aged but very clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip with clean,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii+1-166pp [paginated] includes a contents list/table, author introduction,21 chapters,profuse b/w photographs,b/w illus by Bob Sanders; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and 2pp blanks to rear. A book for those who have an active interest in country matters and,particularly,field sports. The contents include:Buying guns,using them, clothing to wear and other practical advice (including safety),Cartridges to use (and a section on collecting),Gun dogs and their training,Organizing a shoot,Rearing pheasants and partridges,Game animals and birds:[a-g) rabbits and hares,badgers,stoats and weasels, pigeons,crows,starlings,woodcock and snipe,deer, wildfowling,grouse and blackgame,Poachers, Trapping and Conservation. The author has spent many years enjoying the role of an amateur gamekeeper.Being an experienced writer he is able to give the necessary instructions and advice in a concise, yet interesting manner.His personal anecdotes make the text 'come to life' so the book is much more than an instruction manual.Finding a lost badger island;'capturing' an injured buzzard;and rescuing Drac the Raven from certain death,are some of the delightful accounts included. There are 48 illustrations of guns,animals, birds,traps and other aspects of Gamekeeping. Recommended to all who are interested in a full and balanced programme of Field Sports with adequate provision for conservation. Gamekeepers,farmers and sportsmen should find much of interest.Following on from his vast number of elegant and authoritative shooting articles written during his earlier career in banking (he worked for the Midland Bank),this is his first book on the subject.It went into four editions and is very collectable and highly sought after amongst shooting enthusiasts, despite parts of the text being out of date due to changes over the years,in shooting legislation.A much revised edition of the book was published in 1989 by Boydell & Brewer. 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. ALL buyers please note,item's actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if offered P/p included/FREE.  ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR 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. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

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

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