COME WILDFOWLING. By Michael Shephard. The Sporting Scene series.

1953 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 216mm). Pp186,ad. B/w photographs, decorative end-papers. Plain blue cloth library binding, spine titled in gilt.

This is a detailed introduction to wildfowling, with anecdote from the author's own experiences of wader shooting, decoying, punt-gunning, inland and foreshore fowling for duck and geese. Chapters include: No reward is offered; What it takes; Wandering wildfowl; The inland marsh; Beyond the wall; Moonlighting; Evening flight; Grey geese at dawn; Minor punting; About guns; About dogs; To decoy a duck; Beside the river; The future.