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The Fowler in Ireland or Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl, Including Instructions in the Art of Shooting and Capturing Them
by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Southampton : Ashford Press Publishing , 1985. Cloth. Fine. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated. A handsome new edition of this classic work regarding wildfowl and seafowl, with shooting instructions. The second edition. Handsomely bound in the original full cloth with gilt detail and pictorial cover. With a frontispiece, fifteen full page plates and numerous vignette illustrations throughout. Collated complete. An interesting guide to wildfowl and seafowl with instructions in the art of shooting and capturing them. Originally published in 1882, this book was written by Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, an English engineer, historian and ballistics expert. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent with light shelf wear only. The odd light mark to the boards. The odd spot to the free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. A few light spots to the fore-edge. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 837G20
- Title
- The Fowler in Ireland or Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl, Including Instructions in the Art of Shooting and Capturing Them
- Author
- Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ashford Press Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Southampton
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 9" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- wildlife bird watching hunting shooting bird watching
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Shelf Wear
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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