ISBN: 9780953364879 - tales of a rat-hunting man (2 resultados)

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2001). (1978) 2001 new edition. 8vo (142 x 224mm). Pp142. B/w frontispiece, vignette illustrations by Martin Knowelden. Orange boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Brian Plummer holds forth on the subject of the rat, and his part in its downfall. With this book, "Brian Plummer scores again .This is a view of rats by someone who has spent much of his life pursuing them, and it is both a serious book on rats and their habits and a further instalment of his own autobiography, as eccentric and entertaining as before - not to say macabre (.hunting rats in a maggot factory?) .A fascinating book, invaluable to the hunter and terrier-owner." Chapters include: Black and brown rats - and never the twain shall meet; The Real McCoy - the brown rat; The hunting of the rat; Ferrets; Ratting dogs; The rat pits; Training a terrier to rat; Of rats and men; Mexborough, glorious Mexborough; The way south; The Midlands. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95. Knowleden, Martin (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 140 pages. 8.66x5.67x0.63 inches. In Stock. Knowleden, Martin (ilustrador).