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CCP
116 - Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: a discussion paper |
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| Adair,
Hunter: Shooting and the Countryside Oriel Press 1st pb 1984 8vo pb, min wr o/w VG+ signed by author on title p 332 gms (Order reference 1969). |
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| Adams, Barbara;
Okely, Judith; Morgan, David & Smith, David: Gypsies
and Government Policy in England Heinemann 1st 1975 8vo F/F 605 gms (Order reference 11190). |
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| Adams,
Barbara; Okely, Judith; Morgan, David & Smith, David: Gypsies
and Government Policy in England Heinemann 1st 1975 8vo F/VG++ 605 gms (Order reference 11191). |
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Allaby,
Michael: Making and managing a small holding
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Andersson,
Stellan & Akerman, Jan: The Practical
Gun |
£5.00 |
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| Archer,
Fred: Hawthorn Hedge Country |
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Archer,
Fred: Golden Sheaves, Black Horses |
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| Archer,
Fred: The Distant Scene 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 |
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| Archer, Fred:
When Adam was a Boy 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 |
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| Baker,
Jennifer: A Practical Horse Guide - Saddlery
and Horse Clothing Ward Lock 1st 1982 4to F/VG++ 525 gms (Order reference 7065). |
£5.00 |
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| Bedson, G
("Grandad"): The Notorious Poacher
- memoirs of an old poacher Nimrod Book Service 2nd edn 1985 large 8vo F/VG++ 550 gms (Order reference 12344). |
£8.50 |
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| Beedell,
Suzanne F'word by Henry Longhurst: Windmills
Bracken Books 1975? square format 4to, black bds with gold titling to spine VG++/VG++ 850 gms (Order reference 14711). |
£5.00 |
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| Begbie, Eric
Ills by Bernard Barker: Modern Wildfowling
Saiga Publishing 1st 1980 F/F 700 gms (Order reference 2992). |
£15.00 |
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| Beningfield,
Gordon: Beningfield's Countryside Allen Lane 1st 1980 square format 4to, small tear to btm rear of d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 815 gms (Order reference 7637). |
£5.00 |
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| Beningfield,
Gordon: Beningfield's English Villages Viking 1st 1996 square fmt 4to, price neatly cancelled in biron on fr d/w foldover, small inscr to fly-leaf o/w VG++/VG++ 865 gms (Order reference 10250). |
£7.50 |
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| Benson,
Jack: Jack Benson's Country Talking Molespurge Books 1st 1993 8vo pb 119pp, signed by author on fep VG++ 205 gms (Order reference 13457). |
£5.00 |
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Berry, Charles
Ackerman: Gentleman of the Road
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 |
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| Blackwood,
Caroline: In The Pink (on
hunting) Bloomsbury 1st 1987 F/F 480 gms (Order reference 2548). |
£10.00 |
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| Borrow,
George: The Romany Rye 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 |
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| Borrow, George:
The Romany Rye 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 |
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| Borrow,
George: Lavengro 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 |
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| Burke, John:
English Villages 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 |
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| Burn,
Barbara: A Guide to Riding, Showing and Enjoying
Other People's Horses David & Charles 1st 1980 8vo F/VG++ 425 gms (Order reference 8952). |
£6.00 |
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| Carr,
Samuel (ed): Country Verse Chancellor Press 1st 1979 8vo, v min bmps to bds o/w VG++/VG++ 510 gms (Order reference 7899). |
£8.00 |
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| Chapman, Anthony:
Hark For'ard! The Life of a Lakeland Huntsman
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 |
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| Coats, Archie
Illustrations by William Garfit: The Amateur
Keeper - a handbook for the small shoot Andre Deutsch revised 1st thus 1978 8vo, dark blue bds with gold titling to spine VG++/VG++ 285 gms (Order reference 14805). £9.50 |
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| Coker,
Alec: The Craft of Straw Decoration Dryad Press 1st 1971 4to, no d/w o/w VG++ 450 gms (Order reference 3167). |
£6.50 |
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| Croft-Cooke,
Rupert: A Few Gypsies 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 |
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| Cullum,
Elizabeth: A Cottage Herbal 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 |
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| Dainton,
Courtney: Clocks, Jacks and Bee Boles - a
dictionary of country sights 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 13620). |
£4.00 |
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| Dallas, Duncan:
The Travelling People Macmillan 1st 1971 8vo, tape repairs to d/w o/w F+/VG+ 450 gms (Order reference 10815). |
£18.00 |
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| Douglas,
James: Gundog Training David & Charles 2nd imp 1985 8vo F/F 352 gms (Order reference 2977). |
£20.00 |
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| Downing, Elisabeth:
Keeping Goats Pelham Books 1984 8vo pb 128pp VG++ 190 gms (Order reference 10254). |
£3.50 |
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| Edwards,
Elwyn Hartley: Bitting in Theory and Practice
J A Allen 1st 1990 8vo, glazed pictorial boards F 290 gms (Order reference 8342). |
£6.00 |
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| Evans, Hilary
& Mary: Hero On A Stolen Horse - the highwayman
and his brothers-in-arms the bandit and the bushranger Frederick Muller 1st 1977 4to F/F 660 gms (Order reference 2999). |
£8.00 |
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| Glasser, Ralph:
Scenes from a Highland Life 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 |
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| Grant,
Joan F'word by Bill Oddie: The Cuckoo on the
Kettle 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 9935). |
£5.00 |
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| Hadfield,
John: The Shell Book of English Villages
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 |
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| Harris, Mollie:
The Magic of the Cotswold Way Chatto and Windus 1st 1987 8vo, glazed pict bds VG++ 340 gms (Order reference 3431). |
£5.50 |
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| Hart,
Edward: Shire Album 39 - The Heavy Horse Shire Publications rep 1981 8vo stapled booklet 32pp F 75 gms (Order reference 9836). |
£2.00 |
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| Hart, Ernest
H: The German Shepherd Dog - more than 30
full-colour photos T F H Publications 1st 1985 8vo, glazed pictorial boards VG++ 825 gms (Order reference 7786). |
£7.50 |
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| Hart,
Ernest H: This is the Great Dane T F H Publications 1967 8vo, pictorial bds, sl wr, slightly grubby o/w VG+ 500 gms (Order reference 10062). |
£5.00 |
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| Hartink, A
E: The Complete Encyclopedia of Hunting Rifles
- a comprehensive guide to shotguns and other game guns from around the
world Rebo 1st 1997 small 4to, glazed pictorial boards in a similar d/w F/VG++ 985 gms (Order reference 14033). |
£7.00 |
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Hearn,
Arthur: Shooting and Gunfitting
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 |
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| Heath, Richard:
The Victorian Peasant Alan Sutton 1st 1989 large 8vo, staining to bds o/w F/VG++ 630 gms (Order reference 12302). |
£8.50 |
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| Heath,
Richard Dockray, Keith (ed): The Victorian
Peasant Alan Sutton/St Martins Press 1st 1989 8vo F/F 570 gms (Order reference 3001). |
£10.50 |
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Herbert,
Ivor: Winter's Tale - study of a stable
Pelham Books 1st 1974 8vo VG++/VG++ 395 gms (Order reference 10088). |
£8.00 |
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Hill, Archie:
The Second Meadow 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 |
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| Holland,
Anne: A Practical Guide to Hunting Crowood Press 1st 1990 4to F/VG++ 460 gms (Order reference 12489). |
£12.00 |
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| Horn, Pamela:
The Victorian Country Child 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 9702). |
£7.00 |
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| Houghton,
Bert: Not Just a Berkshire Farmer 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 6380). |
£6.00 |
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Humber, R
D Ills John Roberts: Game Cock and Countryman
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 |
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| Humphreys,
John: Hides, Calls & Decoys 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 |
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Humphreys,
John (compiled by): The Complete Gundog 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 The Queen'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 |
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| Huxley,
Elspeth: Gallipot Eyes - A Wiltshire Diary
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1st 1976 wr, chps + trs to d/w + sm amt mssg o/w F/G+ 546 gms (Order reference 2459). |
£12.50 |
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| Huxley, Elspeth:
Gallipot Eyes - A Wiltshire Diary
Readers Union 1976 min bmps to bds, v min tr to d/w o/w VG++/VG+ 314 gms (Order reference 2460). |
£5.00 |
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| Inderwick,
Sheila: Lungeing the Horse and Rider David & Charles 12th imp 1991 F/VG++ 274 gms (Order reference 1872). |
£6.00 |
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| Jackson,
Tony: Shotguns and Shooting 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 |
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| Jefferies,
Richard: The Amateur Poacher
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 |
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| Jenkins,
Alan C: A Village Year Select Editions 1st thus 1992 square 4to, glazed pict bds in similar d/w F/F 682 gms (Order reference 2997). |
£5.00 |
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| Jennings,
Paul: The Living Village Hodder & Stoughton 2nd imp 1968 sl sunning to btm of bds o/w F/VG- 450 gms (Order reference 496). |
£4.00 |
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| Jones,
John L: Crafts from the Countryside Readers Union 1976 8vo, sl creasing, wr + cockling to d/w + small tr o/w VG++/VG 290 gms (Order reference 12094). |
£1.00 |
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Jones, Owen
& Woodward, Marcus Intro by John Humphreys: A
Gamekeeper's Note-book 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 |
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| Joy,
David (ed): The Dalesman - a celebration of
50 years Pelham Books 1st 1989 4to, small gift inscr to fep o/w F+/VG++ 695 gms (Order reference 9123). |
£6.00 |
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| Lambeth,
M: Discovering Corn Dollies 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 |
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| Lambeth, M:
A Golden Dolly - The Art, Mystery and History
of Corn Dollies John Baker rep 1971 4to, bmp to fr bd, d/w price clipped o/w VG+/VG+ 575 gms (Order reference 3166). |
£8.50 |
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| Lanning,
Jean: The Great Dane Popular Dogs 4th edn 1980 8vo, tiny mark to front of d/w o/w F/VG++ 425 gms (Order reference 10061). |
£5.00 |
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| Lyon,
McDowell: The Dog in Action Howell Book House 1963 no d/w, ex lib, abrasion to fep from removal of lib date slip o/w VG+ 576 gms, v min wr to bd edges (Order reference 2134). |
£50.00 |
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| Maas,
Peter: King of the Gypsies 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 |
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| MacGregor-Morris,
Pamela: Pelham Horse Year 2 Pelham Books 1st 1982 tr to top of d/w + min crsing o/w F/VG+ 570 gms (Order reference 2126). |
£6.00 |
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| Mansell,
E: The Wayfarer's Book 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 |
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| Marchington,
John: The Complete Shot 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 |
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| Marshall-Ball,
Robin: The Sporting Shotgun - A User's Handbook
Saiga Publishing rep 1984 min bmps to bds o/w VG++/VG++ 660 gms (Order reference 2991). |
£8.00 |
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| Martin, Brian
P: 'Rusticus' - diary of a modern countryman
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 |
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| McBane,
Susan: The Horse in Winter - his management
and work Methuen 1st 1988 F/VG++ 300 gms (Order reference 1870). |
£6.00 |
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| McKay, James:
The Ferret and Ferreting Handbook 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 |
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| Mitchell,
W R: A Dalesman's Diary Souvenir Press 1st 1989 8vo VG++/VG++. Signed by author on title page. 400 gms (Order reference 7897). |
£12.00 |
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| Morsley, Clifford:
News from the English Countryside Harrap 1st 1983 VG++/VG++ 655 gms (Order reference 3004). |
£12.00 |
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Munroe,
C J: The Smallholder's Guide 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 |
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| Nevinson,
Fred: A Westmorland Shepherd - his life, poems
and songs Helm Press 1st 1997 8vo pb 93pp F+ 245 gms (Order reference 12136). |
£8.50 |
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| Niall, Ian
Illustrated by Silvanus Marston: The New Poacher's
Handbook 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 |
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| O'Connor,
P A: Advanced Taxidermy Saiga Publishing 1st 1983 v min bmps o/w VG++/VG++ 876 gms (Order reference 2782). |
£35.00 |
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| Pearson,
Harry: North Country Fair Little, Brown & Co. 1st 1996 8vo M/F 360 gms (Order reference 3002). |
£8.00 |
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| Petulengro,
Leon: Romany Boy Robert Hale 1st 1979 8vo F+/F 375 gms (Order reference 11182). |
£25.00 |
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Plummer, D
Brian: Rogues and Running Dogs Tabard Press 1st but undated 8vo, no d/w, maroon cloth with gold titling, fep mssg, rbs + wr to edges + cnrs of bds o/w VG 370 gms (Order reference 7479). |
£16.00 |
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| Plummer,
David Brian: The Complete Jack Russell Terrier
Boydell Press rep 1983 large 8vo, min marking to sl grubby d/w o/w VG++/VG+ 400 gms (Order reference 12549). |
£15.00 |
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Poole, R W
F: A Backwoodsman's Year 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 |
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| Porter,
Valerie: Cottage Industries - information
for beginners 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 |
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| Porter, Valerie:
English Villagers - life in the countryside
1850-1939 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 |
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| Porter,
Valerie: Tales of the Old Country Vets David & Charles 1st 1995 4to F+/VG++ 890 gms (Order reference 10489). |
£10.00 |
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| Quarton,
Marjorie: Saturday's Child Andre Deutsch 1st 1993 min crsing to d/w o/w F/VG++ 412 gms (Order reference 2021). |
£6.50 |
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| Ratcliffe,
Jane: Fly High, Run Free 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 |
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| Reffold, Harry:
Pie for Breakfast - reminiscences of a farmhand
Hutton Press 1st 1984 8vo pb 116pp, v min spotting to foredge o/w VG++ 205 gms (Order reference 11570). |
£4.00 |
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| Reynolds,
John: Windmills & Watermills 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 14512). |
£10.00 |
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Rickard, Ian
c: Ferrets and Ferreting Crowood Press 1st 2003 8vo, glazed pictorial boards M 290 gms (Order reference 7985). |
£6.50 |
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| Salmon,
Jill: The Goatkeeper's Guide 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 |
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| Sampson, Anthony:
The Scholar Gypsy - the quest for a family
secret John Murray 1st 1997 8vo M/F 455 gms (Order reference 11188). |
£8.00 |
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| Sandford,
Jeremy: Gypsies Abacus 1975 8vo pb 252pp, min wr + bmps to edges of cvrs o/w VG+ 230 gms (Order reference 12537). |
£4.00 |
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| Scales, Susan:
Retriever Training the Modern Way David & Charles 1st 1976 8vo F/VG++ 434 gms (Order reference 2976). |
£8.50 |
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| Scott,
William: Backyard Beekeeping 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 |
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| Schramm, Ulrik:
The Trouble with Horses 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 |
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| Sedgwick,
Noel M: A Shooting Man's Year 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). |
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Seymour, Aubrey:
The Land Where I Belong 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 |
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| Seymour,
John: Pictures from the Past - Rural Life
Select Editions 1st 1991 4to pb 96pp, gift inscr to inside of fr cvr VG++ 260 gms (Order reference 14486). |
£3.00 |
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| Shawcross,
Henry Douglas: Nature and the Idealist - essays
and poems 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 |
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| Smith,
D J: Discovering Horse-drawn Farm Machinery
Shire rep 1987 small 8vo pb 96pp F 95 gms (Order reference 9446). |
£5.00 |
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| Smith, D J:
Discovering Horse-drawn Farm Machinery Shire rep 1996 small 8vo 96pp F+ 140 gms (Order reference 9445). |
£5.00 |
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| Smith,
Guy N: Sporting and Working Dogs 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 |
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Soames, Barbara:
Keeping Domestic Geese Blandford Press 1st 1980 8vo F/VG+ 390 gms (Order reference 13738). |
£7.00 |
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| Starsmore,
Ian: English Fairs 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 |
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| Street, Sean
(ed): A Remembered Land - recollections of
life in the countryside 1880-1914 Michael Joseph 1st 1994 square 8vo F/F 642 gms (Order reference 2986). |
£7.00 |
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| Sturt,
George: Lucy Bettesworth 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 10464). |
£20.00 |
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| Tangye,
Derek: A Cat in the Window Michael Joseph 6th imp 1974 F/F 300 gms (Order reference 2544). |
£6.00 |
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| Thomas, William
Ills by Michael Bignold: Rabbit Shooting to
Ferrets Tideline 1st thus 1979 8vo VG++/VG++ 235 gms (Order reference 6210). |
£10.00 |
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| Thompson,
Francis: Crofting Years Luath Press rep 1993 8vo pb 141pp +9pp of publisher's ads F 264 gms (Order reference 2984). |
£4.00 |
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| Toulson, Shirley:
The Drovers 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 |
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| Turner,
G D (ed): The British Association for Shooting
& Conservation - Handbook of Shooting - The Sporting Shotgun
Pelham Books rep 1986 4to pb 144pp VG++ 425 gms (Order reference 14045). |
£3.50 |
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| Vesey-Fitzgerald,
Brian: Gypsies of Britain - new enlarged edition
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 |
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| Walrond,
Sally: Your Problem Horse Pelham/Stephen Greene 1st thus 1990 8vo, glazed pict bds VG++ 284 gms (Order reference 1534). |
£6.00 |
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| Wilson,
Ron: The Hedgerow Book David & Charles 1st 1979 8vo VG++/VG++ 515 gms (Order reference 7909). |
£5.00 |
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| Winter, Gordon:
A Country Camera 1844-1914 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 |
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| Wolfenden,
Peter F'word by Harvey Smith: A Country Lad
Looks Back Peter Wolfenden 1st 2001 8vop, 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 |
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| Wright,
Philip: Old Farm Tractors 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 |
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| Yandell,
Elizabeth ('The Blister'): Henry 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 2224). |
£8.00 |
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