Marchington john (98 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine hardback,no inscriptions,in v/g price-clipped d/j.1981,1st edition.

Condición: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Condición: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condición: Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents.

Condición: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Soft cover. Condición: Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Softcover Edition. Minimal fade to part of spine, with a little light rub to some edges.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 158 pages.

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Ppviii,216. Colour plates by John Gould (3), Maurice Pledger (4) and Trevor Boyer (1), b/w photographs & illustrations. Olive cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A comprehensive work on the natural history of all British game birds and waterfowl, as well as snipe, woodcock, golden plover, wood pigeon, rabbits and hares. Historical background, physical description, accounts of range, breeding habits and life-cycle. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 14.95.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Inscr to ffep, price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, tears and clipped.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). (1981) 1985 reprint. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppx,198. B/w photographs, text to end-papers. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper. Top edge slightly dusty, corners slightly bumped, bookseller's label to rear board else good clean copy. Issued without a dust-wrapper. A good general guide to shooting: "After an initial section on the history of shooting, the author goes on to discuss the criteria in selecting a gun, marksmanship, fieldcraft, safety, rough shooting on high and low ground, driven game [and] wildfowling." Includes a practical and highly realistic section on managing your own shoot. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp112. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Tom Banks. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used price-clipped dust-wrapper. A collection of essays on British sport - on ratting and pigeon shooting, pike and trout fishing, keepers and gundogs. Chapters include: Guns, men and places; Trout and the constant magic; On rats and ratting; The fascinating pike; In praise of pigeons; Tackle tinkering; Happy the keeper; Dogs of my acquaintance. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp112. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Tom Banks. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Stains to end-papers but good-plus in clipped dust-wrapper. A collection of essays on British sport - on ratting and pigeon shooting, pike and trout fishing, keepers and gundogs. Chapters include: Guns, men and places; Trout and the constant magic; On rats and ratting; The fascinating pike; In praise of pigeons; Tackle tinkering; Happy the keeper; Dogs of my acquaintance. .…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Blue Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Very Good+ (in mylar). First Edition. Textblock and binding very clean and tight. Dust jacket price-clipped; lightly edge and corner worn 288p., including index. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Black and White Illustrations and Photos (ilustrador). Hardcover. …

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp104. B/w photographs. Tan boards, spine titled in gilt. Rather grubby and used but a good working copy in dust-wrapper. "This is a book for everybody who shoots game, from the small rough shooter to the large syndicate organizer. .John Marchington .concentrates here on the management and economics of the sport. With inflation [1976] creating enormous problems for all shooting enthusiasts, his advice on holding down costs will be very welcome. Some of his proposals break new ground. Good management .need not reduce the enjoyment of the sport, but is essential to preserve the standards of shooting while at the same time cutting overheads." Chapters include: Introduction - economics and management, the plight of the sport; Forming a new shoot - ambitions and costs, burdens of an organiser, profit and sport, ground and members, a hypothetical shoot, the search for economies, insurance, VAT; The ground - impossibility of perfection, how to search, hidden problems, negotiating the rent, the lease, the small print; The economics of driven shooting - pressure of inflation, where the money goes, possible savings, keepering efficiency, economies through large-scal rearing, purchasing, etc., vehicle economy, selling the bag; The organisation of driven shooting - firm control, forming the team, vetting them, insurance, sharing the work load, shooting dates, planning, stops, acreaging, outside days, bag adjustment, shooting lunches, tipping, rain; On a lesser scale - a new wind through game shooting, the road to major economies, part-time keepers, arithmetic of buying in poults, rearing, poaching, scaling down in all departments, hypthetical figures, self-help syndicates, management and general details, examples; Keepers and keepering - Cost effectiveness, finding a keeper, supervision, rearing, releasing, foxes, preventing straying, feeding; Rough shooting - definition, the ground, leases, size of the team, simple improvements, rearing, wet areas; Grouse, partridge and other game - graouse and their reasonable future, partridges and their less certain future, statistics, Game Conservancy partridge research project, snipe, and habitat improvement, woodcock, ptarmigan, hares; Of general concern - Safety in changed circumstances, poaching, planning, quality before quantity, how to acieve it, sporting agencies, the future for shooting. Appendices give: A schedule of Game Conservancy booklets; A specimen letter setting out the basis of syndicate membership. A useful book with a surprisingly contemporary ring to it. .…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Good condition hard cover, with good condition jacket, internally clean and tidy, in a very good readable condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. 144 pages. A guide to waterfowl and how to kill them. A clean and sound book with some wear and damage to the edges of the dust wrapper which is price clipped. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Good condition hard cover, some wear to cover and spine, internally clean and tidy and in a good readable condition.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppx,198. B/w photographs, text to end-papers. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. A good general guide to shooting: "history of shooting, .selecting a gun, marksmanship, fieldcraft, safety, rough shooting on high and low ground, driven game [and] wildfowling". Includes a practical and highly realistic section on managing your own shoot. . …

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. 158pp. Clean copy internaly. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Fair condition hard cover, with fair condition jacket, some wear to cover and spine, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Reprint. Reprint, 8vo, 158pp, photo illustrations, VG+/Fine Copy in VG+/Fine price clipped DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp104. B/w photographs. Tan boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use else very good in like dust-wrapper. "This is a book for everybody who shoots game, from the small rough shooter to the large syndicate organizer. .John Marchington .concentrates here on the management and economics of the sport. With inflation [1976] creating enormous problems for all shooting enthusiasts, his advice on holding down costs will be very welcome. Some of his proposals break new ground. Good management .need not reduce the enjoyment of the sport, but is essential to preserve the standards of shooting while at the same time cutting overheads." Chapters include: Introduction - economics and management, the plight of the sport; Forming a new shoot - ambitions and costs, burdens of an organiser, profit and sport, ground and members, a hypothetical shoot, the search for economies, insurance, VAT; The ground - impossibility of perfection, how to search, hidden problems, negotiating the rent, the lease, the small print; The economics of driven shooting - pressure of inflation, where the money goes, possible savings, keepering efficiency, economies through large-scal rearing, purchasing, etc., vehicle economy, selling the bag; The organisation of driven shooting - firm control, forming the team, vetting them, insurance, sharing the work load, shooting dates, planning, stops, acreaging, outside days, bag adjustment, shooting lunches, tipping, rain; On a lesser scale - a new wind through game shooting, the road to major economies, part-time keepers, arithmetic of buying in poults, rearing, poaching, scaling down in all departments, hypthetical figures, self-help syndicates, management and general details, examples; Keepers and keepering - Cost effectiveness, finding a keeper, supervision, rearing, releasing, foxes, preventing straying, feeding; Rough shooting - definition, the ground, leases, size of the team, simple improvements, rearing, wet areas; Grouse, partridge and other game - graouse and their reasonable future, partridges and their less certain future, statistics, Game Conservancy partridge research project, snipe, and habitat improvement, woodcock, ptarmigan, hares; Of general concern - Safety in changed circumstances, poaching, planning, quality before quantity, how to acieve it, sporting agencies, the future for shooting. Appendices give: A schedule of Game Conservancy booklets; A specimen letter setting out the basis of syndicate membership. A useful book with a surprisingly contemporary ring to it. .…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. New Edition. 1985 edition,original cloth hardcover,illustrated throughout,120 pages,fine in very good unclipped dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 3rd Edition. With 158 pages , illustrated , red cloth, gilt lettered , hard cover , ex library copy with liberate markings , good condition.