B.B. (Denys Watkins-Pitchford)

Manka, the Sky Gipsy: the story of a wild goose.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, name on front endpaper and on bottom page edges in a price clipped dustjacket which is chipped and creased with minor loss at the top edge of the spine and back cover. xvi + 258 pages, 15 full page illustrations plus many vignettes in the text. Fair in Fair dust jacket.

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Book number: 68598

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Wildfowling Pink footed geese Shooting Field Sports

B.B. (Watkins-Pitchford, Denys)

The shooting man's bedside book.

Cambridge: White Lion Books, 1994. Reprint. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine. Appears unread. xii + 212 pages, illustrations in the text by BB, introduction by Duff Hart-Davies. Contributions include Richard Jefferies, W. H. Hudson & Llewellyn Powys. Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 67604

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Game birds Deer Stalking Wildfowling Ornithology

B B (Watkins-Pitchford, Denys)

Tide's Ending.

U. S. A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First American Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, endpapers tanned, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is creased and chipped at the edges and has small areas of loss at back cover and top of spine. 244 pages, colour illustrations on plates and vignettes in the text by the author. Very Good in Fair dust jacket.

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Book number: 68612

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Wildfowling The Wash Goose Shooting BB Countryside

BB (Watkins-Pitchford, Denys)

Dark Estuary.

Michael Joseph, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is creased and chipped at the edges, with a 2 inch repaired closed tear at the bottom of the back cover. xii + 164 pages, illustrations in the text, appendix. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 67960

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Wildfowling Goose Shooting Wading birds

BB (Watkins-Pitchford, Denys)

Dark Estuary.

Boydell Press, 1984. Reprint. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, spine creased, card covers rubbed at edges, pages tanned, signed by author on dedication page. Shaky signature so assume signed late in BB's life. 162 pages, illustrations in the text, appendix; Signed by Author. Good.

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Book number: 68597

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Wildfowling Goose Shooting Wading birds

BB (Watkins-Pitchford, Denys)

Recollections of a 'Longshore Gunner.

The Boydell Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright price clipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 86 pages, illustrations on plates and in the text by the author. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 68447

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Goose Shooting Waterfowling Working dogs

Cadman, Arthur

A guide to rough shooting.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright price clipped dustjacket. Appears little used. photos on plates, index. 156 pages, photos on plates, illustrations in the text, 'BB' scraperboard frontispiece. Obituary of the author laid in. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 68061

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Denys Watkins-Pitchford BB Wildfowling Grouse

B.B. (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) Compiler

The Shooting Man's bedside book.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947. Proof copy. Hardcover. Very clean proof copy tightly bound in full red leather with bright gilt titles and simple decoration, a gift inscription signed D W Pitchford on the front endpaper and signed D Watkins-Pitchford ('BB') on the title page. xx + 480 pages, 23 full page scraperboard illustrations, many vignettes, game record page (blank). Apparently this copy was given by BB to the local policeman ; Signed by Author & Illustrator. Very Good.

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Book number: 68595

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: B.B. Shooting Pheasant Partridge Woodcock Snipe

Hammerton, Sir John (ed)

World Digest of current fact and fiction No. 87 July 1946 includes Magic call of the marshes by BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford).

The Carp Society, 1990. First Edition. Magazine. Clean, small format magazine, stapled spine, staples rusty rubbed at bottom edge, card covers rubbed at edges and worn at spine, no inscriptions. 96 pages. Also includes articles by Seton Gordon, Negley Farson and Ronald Duncan. Good.

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Book number: 68511

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Countryside B B (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) Natural History Wildfowling

B B (Watkins-Pitchford, Denys) & Holden, Bryan (ed)

Confessions of a coastal gunner.

Solihull: Roseworld Productions, 2012. Reprint. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book, no inscriptions in an unclipped dustjacket. As new. 128 pages, illustrations in the text by the author. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

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Book number: 67928

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Wildfowling Goose Shooting The Wash

Lloyd, J Ivester; Craig, C. W. Thurlow; Watkins-Pitchford, D. J.et al

The Shooting Times and Country Magazine 1959 & 1960: nos. 3982 - 3985, 3987- & 3995, 3997 - 4026, 4032 & 4038(Jan 2 - Jan 23, Feb 6 - Apr 3 - Dec 25 1959, Feb 5 1960 and March 18th 1960). 46 issues.

The Burlington Publishing Company, 1959. First Edition. Magazine. 47 clean and tightly bound magazines, stapled spines, staples rusty, pictorial covers rubbed and worn at edges, no inscriptions. 20 - 25 pages per issue, photos & illustrations in the text. 4 issues contain articles by BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford). Heavy set so additional postage may be requested. Good.

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Book number: 59993

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Countryside Hunting Deer Stalking Fishing Angling B B (Denys Watkins-Pitchford)

Prichard, H. Hesketh

Sport in wildest Britain.

Philip Allan, 1936. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex school library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers but no other inscriptions. In dark blue boards with gilt titles, corners and spine ends worn 236 pages, 8 illustrations on plates by BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford). Undated but this edition 1936 (see Beyer 2006). Poor with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 64345

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Rough shooting Seals Capercaille Wild geese BB

Richards, Coombe

High birds and low.

Herbert Jenkins, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright priceclipped dustjacket which is tanned at the spine, rubbed at the edges and has a 1inch closed tear at the top edge of the front cover. 216 pages, photos on plates, illustrations in the text, index. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 60797

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Wildfowling Pigeon Shooting Gundog

Standl, Hans

Pistol shooting as a sport.

Kaye & Ward Ltd, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed and chipped with a crease to top of back cover. 110 pages, photos and illustrations in the text. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 67565

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Sports and pastimes Targets Guns

Various including Ivester-Lloyd, Jack; Tavener, Eric & Moore, Daphne

Country sportsman magazine incorporating Game & gun and the Angler's monthly: 3 issues September & December 1949 and February 1950 (Vol. XXVI nos. 288 & 291 & Vol. XXVII no. 293).

Gale & Polden Ltd. 1949. First Edition. Magazine. 3 clean magazines, stapled spines, staples rusty, pictorial covers creased and chipped, no inscriptions. Sept: covers detached. Dec: pages loose, tape repair to spine. Feb: covers detached and split at spine. Approx 24 pages per issue, illustrations in the text. Fair.

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Book number: 66161

Catalogue: Sport:: Shooting

Keywords: Fox Hunting Fishing Wildlife Hound breeding Gundog