British and American Game Birds - Hardcover
Color illustrations of game birds, such as pheasant, quail, wild turkey, woodcock, geese and ducks followed by short text. The author pleas for bird preservation.
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- PublisherDerrydale Press
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 1127050761
- ISBN 13 9781127050765
- BindingHardcover
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BRITISH & AMERICAN GAME-BIRDS. By Hugh B.C. Pollard and Phyllis Barclay-Smith.
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The Derrydale Press. Lyon, Mississippi. 1993.
(1993)
ISBN 10: 1127050761
ISBN 13: 9781127050765
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Book Description (Hardcover, 1993). (1939) 1993 edition. 4to (195 x 272mm). Ppxii,48. Colour plates of game birds by Philip Rickman, marbled end-papers, all edges gilt. Colour engraving of pheasants to gilt decorated green faux leather, issued without a dust-wrapper. Limited to 2,500 numbered copies. Slight mark to cover but a near fine copy. "It is one of the signs and portents of our times that the future of many species of ducks should be less dependent on their fate at the hands of nature than at the hands of man. . Marshes are drained: bricks and mortar restrict the country, and where forty years ago (c1900) there was wild game, no wire fences and very little disturbance, to-day those conditions have gone. It is no good crying about it. The job of the present generation is to see that we stabilise affairs before they go too far." Hugh Pollard in the Introduction. The authors give the reader necessary background information for achieving this aim. Good colour illustrations. Chapters include: By Hugh Pollard - Grouse and Black Game; Partridges and Quail; Pheasants. By Phyllis Barclay-Smith - Wild Turkey, Woodcock and Snipe; Geese and Ducks. Shooting in Great Britain, by Hugh Pollard. Shooting in America, by Eugene V. Connett. . Seller Inventory # 51177
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BRITISH & AMERICAN GAME-BIRDS. By Hugh B.C. Pollard and Phyllis Barclay-Smith.
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The Derrydale Press. Lyon, Mississippi. 1993.
(1993)
ISBN 10: 1127050761
ISBN 13: 9781127050765
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Book Description (Hardcover, 1993). (1939) 1993 edition. 4to (195 x 272mm). Ppxii,48. Colour plates of game birds by Philip Rickman, marbled end-papers, gilt edges. Colour engraving of pheasants to gilt decorated green faux leather. Fine unread copy - still in publisher's box. "It is one of the signs and portents of our times that the future of many species of ducks should be less dependent on their fate at the hands of nature than at the hands of man. . Marshes are drained: bricks and mortar restrict the country, and where forty years ago (c1900) there was wild game, no wire fences and very little disturbance, to-day those conditions have gone. It is no good crying about it. The job of the present generation is to see that we stabilise affairs before they go too far." Hugh Pollard in the Introduction. The authors give the reader necessary background information for achieving this aim. Good colour illustrations. Chapters include: By Hugh Pollard - Grouse and Black Game; Partridges and Quail; Pheasants. By Phyllis Barclay-Smith - Wild Turkey, Woodcock and Snipe; Geese and Ducks. Shooting in Great Britain, by Hugh Pollard. Shooting in America, by Eugene V. Connett. . Seller Inventory # 1694
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