CONFESSIONS OF A COASTAL GUNNER. By 'BB.' Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Edited and introduced by Bryan Holden.

2011 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 225mm). Pp127. B/w vignette illustrations by Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Maroon boards, upper board titled in gilt with gilt feather motif, spine untitled. First printing limited to 475 numbered cloth-bound copies.

Not previously published". BB" gave the hand-written manuscript of this, his last book, to his friend, Badger Walker, and it has been transcribed and edited by Bryan Holden. Confessions of a Coastal Gunner provides a glimpse of the wildfowling adventures "BB" shared with his friends, including Douglas McDougall, Arthur Cadman, Major Charles Oakey and Bill Humphreys. This is a copy of the first printing of this book, which was limited to 475 cloth-bound and 25 leather-bound copies, and which sold out almost immediately.