THE AMATEUR POACHER. By Richard Jefferies. 1985 new illustrated Tideline edition.

(1879) 1985 new illustrated Tideline edition. Small 8vo (142 x 206mm). Ppviii,240. B/w illustrations by Derick Bown, fawn end-papers. Sand-coloured boards, spine titled in black.

A reprint of the 1879 first edition with a new foreword by Geoff R. Worrall. Nineteenth century boyhood adventures with rod and gun. Chapters include: The first gun; The old punt - a curious turnpike; Tree-shooting - a fishing expedition; Egg-time - a "Gip"-trap; Woodland twighlight - traitors on the gibbet; Lurcher-Land - "The Park"; Oby, and his system - the moucher's calendar; Churchyard pheasants - before the bench; Luke, the rabbit-contractor - the brook path; Farmer Willum's Place - snipe-shooting; Ferreting - a rabbit-hunter; A Winter Night; Old tricks; Pheasant-stalking; Matchlock versus breechloader; Conclusion.