WILD DUCKS: HOW TO REAR AND SHOOT THEM. By Captain W. Coape Oates.
1905 1st edition. Small 8vo (129 x 191mm). Pp80. 4 engraved plates by G.E.Lodge, b/w photographs. Blue cloth, bevelled boards spine and upper board titled in gilt.
"The main object of this book is to assist those who are anxious to rear wild ducks on economical lines. The autorhor is not without hope that the pages which it contains may even be of some use to old hands at the game". Chapters include: Selection of stock and their home; Laying and sitting; Hatching and rearing; Shooting.
"The main object of this book is to assist those who are anxious to rear wild ducks on economical lines. The autorhor is not without hope that the pages which it contains may even be of some use to old hands at the game". Chapters include: Selection of stock and their home; Laying and sitting; Hatching and rearing; Shooting.
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51999
| Author | Oates (Captain W. Coape). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 51999 |
| ISBN | B001AVSXV6. |
| Book Description | Cloth slightly rubbed, browning to end-papers. Formerly Colin Woolf's copy with his signed ex-libris to end-paper. Good copy. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1905 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green and Co. |
| Place | London. |