B.B.

Sportsman's Bedside Book

Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1948, First Edition, 3rd Reprint. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ill.: D.J.Watkins-Pitchford and G.D. Armour. Book, "B.B.", Illustrated by D.J.Watkins-Pitchford and G.D. Armour. 237 pages Tan cloth with gilt titles. Contents clean, book very good, dustwrapper is rubbed to edges with ding at spine. Good/Good.

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Book number: 028108

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: D.J. Watkins-Pitchford and G.D. Armour

ARCHER, FRED

Tibblestone Hundred, The : A Journey Through an English Village

Stroud, Sutton Publishing. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0750912561) Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 'His reminiscences of country life really do have humour, poetry and curious literary perception of their own.' - Auberon Waugh. Good/Good.

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Book number: 18402

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: 0750912561 Villages History England English Gloucester Gloucestershire Warwickshire

VARIOUS AUTHORS

On Nature : Unexpected Ramblings on the British Countryside

London, Collins. 2011, First Edition. (ISBN: 0007424981) Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 315 pages. On Nature is a kaleidoscopic vision of Britain, one where writers talk about their connection to the land in a series of stories that will hopefully inspire action. Very Good/No Jacket - as issued.

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Book number: 22283

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: 0007424981 Country Countryside Nature British

BEEDELL, SUZANNE

Complete Guide to Country Living

Newton Abbot, David & Charles. 1979, Second Impression. (ISBN: 0715376659) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, A discursive dictionary - from Access to Wrought Iron. Good/Good.

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Book number: 14396

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: 0715376659 Country Countryside Nature

CHANNER, NICK

Untrodden Ways

London, Ward Lock. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0706370562) Hardcover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book, An illustrated guide to 12 relatively little used long distance routes (LDRs) in Britain, blending route description with features of interest. In all, over 1000 miles of scenic and historically interesting routes are described. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 16215

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: 0706370562 Footpath Walking Britain

CHINERY, M.

Mushrooms - Granada Guides

London, Granada. 1983. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book, 4.5 x 7.5"; 120gms; 64pp; illustrated laminated boards; colour illustrations throughout; a clean copy; mushrooms, toadstools; puffballs, fungi; lichens and common moulds;. Good.

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Book number: 1737

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Mushrooms, Toadstools; Puffballs, Fungi; Lichens, Common Moulds;

CHURCH, RICHARD

Little Kingdom, The - A Kentish Collection

London, Hutchinson. 1965. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 5.5 x 8.5"; 300 pages; grey cloth with blue title to spine, top edge dusty; dustwrapper, priceclipped; g/g;. Good/Good - Priceclipped.

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Book number: 10014

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Kent; Countryside;

COBBETT, WILLIAM

Cottage Economy

London, William Cobbett. 1826, New Edition. Hardback, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library, Not paginated. Front board is detached and spine is missing. Usual library markings. Information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of labourer's family; to which are added, instructions relative to the selecting, the cutting and the bleaching of the plants of English grass and grain, for the purpose of making hats and bonnets; and also instructions for erecting and using ice-houses, after the Virginian manner. Good Reading Copy/No Jacket - as issued.

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Book number: 18812

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Housekeeping Cottage Economy

DAKERS, CAROLINE

Countryside at War 1914-1918, The

London, Constable. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0094680604) Hardback. Book, Dustwrapper price clipped by publisher and slightly bumped to top of spine.This is the most complete picture yet of the impact of the First World War on rural England - a war which, if only in the ubiquitous village war memorials, still reverberates across the decades. Very Good/Good - Priceclipped.

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Book number: 13006

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: 0094680604 War England Countryside

THE REV. WM.B. DANEIL

Daniel's Rural Sports (3 vols complete)

London, Longman. 1812. Half-Leather. Book, Half leather bound (spine and corners), blue marbled end papers. Francis Sterry book plate to inside front boards, with crest depicting a crane like arm holding a cutlass, lion holding a ring, 3 stars and 3 downward arrows, with the moto "Pro Rege et Patria" (For king and fatherland). Vitanda est improba syren-desidia. That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided Hor. London, Longman 1812. Newspaper clipping December 4 1953 re the author. Vol 3 has complete list of contents with relevant volume. Endpapers cracked to front of volume 1 and 3. Light rubbing to cover and little more to some corners. Contents Vol 1. 633 pages. Dog - Fox - Stag - Observations on the Origin, Principles, and Policy of the Game Laws - Hare Hunting - Coursing - Hare - Rabbit - Martin - Badger - Otter - Abbreviations of the References to Law Cases. Contents Vol 2. 594 pages. Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural History of Fish - Account of Rivers in England, Scotland, and Ireland - Angling - Fishponds - Nets - Laws Relating to Fish Contents Vol 3. 503 pagesBirds, and Sketches from their Natural History - Birds of Game described - Statutes respecting winged Game - Gamekeepers and Laws concerning - Land Birds of Sport described - Water Fowl ditto - Shooting Wild Fowl -- Directions for - Laws relating to Wild Fowl - Dogs used in Shooting described - Laws respecting Dogs - Pigeon Shooting - Rook Shooting - Ammunition, Gun, &c. -- Rules for Choice and Management of - Conclusion - Index. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 028094

Catalogue: Countryside

EVANS, GEORGE EWART

Let Dogs Delight and Other Stories

London, Faber and Faber. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0571107370) Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, From a well established writer of country history comes this attractive collection of stories from his native Wales. Dustwrapper torn to bottom spine edge without loss, illustrated by David Gentleman. G/G. Good/Good.

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Book number: 27376

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: 0571107370 Countryside Wales Welsh

EVANS, GEORGE EWART

Let Dogs Delight and Other Stories

London, Faber and Faber. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0571107370) Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, From a well established writer of country history comes this attractive collection of stories from his native Wales. Dustwrapper torn to bottom spine edge without loss, illustrated by David Gentleman. G/G. Good/Good.

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Book number: 27736

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: 0571107370 Countryside Wales Welsh

GIBB, JOHN AND BINNEY, MARCUS (FOREWORD BY)

Legacy - The Changing Face of the Landscape

London, Cape. 1990. (ISBN: 022402681X) Hardback, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book, 11 x 9.75" tall; 179 pages; brown cloth with gilt title to spine; dustwrapper; vg/vg; fully illustrated;. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 10557

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: 022402681x Landscape; England; Countryside; Rural;

HARVEY

Killing of the Countryside

London, Vintage. 1998. (ISBN: 0099736616) Paperback. Book, 'A forceful, informed and authoritative account of the state of farming and the countryside. Very Good.

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Book number: 12090

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: 0099736616 Farming Countryside Conservation Environment

KEMP, MICHAEL

Shoot of Your Own, A : The Amateur Gamekeeper at Work

London, Adam & Charles Black. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0713617632) Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Rumsey, Anne and Lane, Michael. Book, The book is both for those who want to shoot but cannot afford to join a syndicate and also for those who find the conservation of wildlife and the improvement of the habitat the best of all hobbies. Good/Good - Priceclipped.

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Book number: 19087

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: 0713617632 Rumsey, Anne and Lane, Michaelgame Birds Hunting Shooting Gamekeeper