Come and Shoot - An Introduction to British Game Bird Shooting
by Henry Fletcher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/N/a
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Museum Press, 1951. Foreword by the editor of "The Field". Green covers with gilt, 240pp inc index with b/w illustrations inc several taken from J. Harrison's watercolours and frontis of "Driven grouse". Green top edges. Covers have light shelfwear and bumping, particularly head and foot of spine. Dusty, lightly foxed page edges, neat gift inscription on frontis verso, otherwise internally clean and tight. A very decent copy. No DJ. Ref:114949. First Edition. Buckram. VG-/N/a. Illus. by J. C. Harrison. 14x22cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004949
- Title
- Come and Shoot - An Introduction to British Game Bird Shooting
- Author
- Henry Fletcher
- Illustrator
- J. C. Harrison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Museum Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 14x22cm
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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