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38 books by A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA
POACHERS' TALES.
Humphreys, John (ills. by John Paley), · 1993
£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.74 | ¥1,381)
David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1993, reprint, 192pp, half tone hlaf title, coloured pictorial title and frontis, coloured ills. and line drawings in text, coloured endpapers, large format (10.5 x 8 inches approx.), green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial d...
COUNTRY TALES - OLD VETS.
Porter, Valerie (compiled by), · 1997
£6.00 (€7.19 | $8.07 | ¥1,275)
David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1997, trade paperback, 160pp, title and in text line drawings, half tone photo pictorial wrappers, a collection of tales related by vets from as far afield as Scotland ansd Devon, showing that drama and heatache are part of their working lives...
A BACKWOODSMAN'S YEAR.
Poole, R. W. F., · 1991
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Pan, London, ND (circa 1991), 2nd imp., trade paperback, [vi], title and chapter head line ills. by Reginald Bass, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the author, the backwoodsman of the title, a regular contributor to the Daily Telegragh and Shooting Times, a Master of Fox Hou...
ON NATURE - UNEXPECTED RAMBLINGS ON THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE - Caught by the River.
Stuart Maconie et al, · 2011
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Collins, London, 2011, 1st edn., xx, 315pp, half tone ills. in text, coloured pictorial montage paper covered boards, a collection of accounts of watching different aspects of nature, edges tanned, no dustwrapper, near fine,
COLLINS FIELD GUIDE - FIELDS.
Laws, Bill, · 2010
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Collins, London, 2010, 1st edn., 224pp, maps, coloured and half tone ills. in text, coloured endpapers, coloured and embossed pictorial cloth to boards, decorative head and tail bands, a description of the differing fields found all over the world, the workplaces to two billi...
A SHEPHERD'S WATCH - Through the seasons with one man and his dogs.
Kennard, David, · 2004
£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.74 | ¥1,381)
Headline, London, 2004, 1st edn., [viii], 184pp, coloured pictorial half title and double title, coloured photo pictorial ills. in text, coloured endpapers, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, ...
THE KEEN FOXHUNTER'S MISCELLANY.
Holt, Peter, · 2010
£10.50 (€12.58 | $14.12 | ¥2,231)
Quiller, Shrewsbury, 2010, 1st edn., 224pp, title in line, half tone ills. and line drawings in text, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, red silk marker, pictorial dustwrapper, a selection of some 350 anectdotal entries on the subject of fox-...
THE KEEN COUNTRYMAN'S MISCELLANY.
Holt, Peter, · 2012
£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)
Quiller, Shrewsbury, 2012, 1st edn., 208pp, pictorial title, half tone ills. and line drawings in text, beige cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, brown silk marker, pictorial dustwrapper, a selection of entries on everything that the true countrym...
THE NOB'S GUIDE TO BEATING AND PICKING UP (originally published as A Gundog Handler's Guide to Picking Up).
Heath, Veronica, · 2009
£6.00 (€7.19 | $8.07 | ¥1,275)
Quiller, Shrewsbury, 2009, revised edn., paperback, 96pp, diagrams, coloured and half tone photo ills. in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, originally published as 'A Gundog Handler's Guide to Picking Up' describing the initiat...
COUNTRYWOMEN.
Ford, Emma, · 1994
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Boxtree, London, 1994, 1st edn., [x], 170pp, 8pp coloured and half tone photo ills., in text line drawings, coloured endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account featuring a typical year in the lives of six countrywomen...
POACHER'S PIE.
Archer, Fred, · 1978
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Coronet, London, 1978, paperback, 159pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., chapter heads in line, coloured wraparound pictorial wrapper, tales of the early twentieth century in rural Evesham Vale, when the men worked the land and the women went into service, when wages were meagre b...
FOOTSTEPS IN THE FURROW.
Arbuckle, Andrew, · 2009
£6.00 (€7.19 | $8.07 | ¥1,275)
Old Pond Publishing, Ipswich, 2009, reprint, trade paperback, 317pp, 24pp sepia, half tone and coloured photo ills., [ii] About the Author and ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, tales of a life in agriculture during the twentieth century, from the days of harvesting with...
DICTIONARY OF AGRICULTURE.
Anon., · 2006
£6.00 (€7.19 | $8.07 | ¥1,275)
A and C Black, London, 2006, 3rd edn., trade paperback, [vi], 269pp, [viii] supplemments, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a fully revised edition covering more than 7,000 terms relating to all aspects of agriculture, with quotations from industry journals showing the...
ALL ABOUT PIGS.
Anon., · 1970
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Farming Press (Books) Limited, Ipswich, 1970, 3rd edn., paperback, 360pp inc. 40pp ads., line drawings and diagrams in text, half tone photo pictorial wrappers, divided into sections on breeding, feeding, housing, management and veterinary the book is a collection of over 700...
PRACTICAL PIG NUTRITION.
Whittemore, C. T, and Elsley, F. W. H., · 1976
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Farming Press, Ipswich, 1976, 1st edn., 190pp, half tone photo ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, pictorial dustwrapper, a comprehensive and practical guide to the nutritional requirements of pigs, covering the sc...
BREEDING BETTER COWS.
Wheaton-Smith, Craig, · 1957
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Dairy Farmer (Books), Ipswich, 1957, 1st edn., 191pp, diagrams in text, brwon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the science of genetics within the dairy farming industry, or how to breed a better herd which provides both the quantity and quality ...
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY.
Thomas, D. G. M. and Davies, W. I. J., · 1963
£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)
Cassell, London, 1963, 1st edn., xiv, 313pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper board, the scientific background to the practice of stock husbandry, describing the feeding and prevention of disease in relation to the breedi...
CALF REARING.
Sainsbury, Dr. D. W. B. et al, · 0
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Farmers Weekly, London, ND, paperback, 144pp, half tone photo ills., line drawings and ads. in text, pictorial upper wrapper, a guide to calf rearing covering their feeding, housing and the precautions to be taken against disease, so as to make the enterprise profitable, ligh...
FARM ANIMALS : A BASIC GUIDE TO THEIR HUSBANDRY.
Peregrine, F. A. W., Fox, A., Ingham, A. P. and Humphries, A. B., · 1971
£13.00 (€15.57 | $17.49 | ¥2,763)
Hutchinson Educational, London, 1971, reprint, paperback, x, 298pp, line drawings and diagrams in text, large format (8.5 x 5 inches approx.), pictorial upper wrapper, an outline of the fundamental principles of animal husbandry for students and farm apprentices, lightly rubb...
THE PRINCIPLES OF DAIRY FARMING.
Russell, Kenneth, · 1974
£6.00 (€7.19 | $8.07 | ¥1,275)
Farming Press, Ipswich, 1974, 7th revised edn., 265pp, 64pp half tone photo ills. line drawings and diagrams in text, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, pictorial dustwrapper, of equal value to the stockman, herd-owner or student this clear, concise and co...