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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 4to (220 x 296mm). Ppxviii,292. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Brown faux leather boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight shelf-wear but a new unread copy in dust-wrapper. Ron Thomson begins his work with, "If there is anything certain in this world - and in this day and age - it is that the pace of change in matters affecting wildlife is so fast that whatever is written on the subject normally becomes very rapidly out of date. This, happily, does not apply to this book. The wildlife management principles outlined in this book are applicable to wild animal populations all over the world. Furthermore, they will be just as valid in the distant millenia as they are appropriate in this last decade of the twentieth century." This book distills years of practical experience and puts it in scientific context, offering as much to the poorly-informed layman or journalist as to the professional. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. Large 8vo (175 x 251mm). Ppxviii,94,128[unnumbered plates]. B/w photographs. Dark olive boards, silver-gilt titles to spine. Very good in slightly used and spine-faded dust-wrapper. This book was published twelve years after the author's noted Lurchers and Longdogs. "Much has happended in the lurcher world since then, and this new book .is a fully illustrated record of these eventful years." The first half of the book is text, the second half consists of a section of b/w photographs of dogs, personalities and coursing in the field. Chapters include; Part I, longdogs at play: - lurcher shows 1971-1988, includes, Lambourn, Whaddon Chase, Lowther, Badby, Tidworth, S. and W. Wilts, Denholm, Holkham, Hampshire Longdogs, Cottesmore, Heythrop, Whalton, Newmarket, Westbury, Fontwell Park, Buccleuch, Newton Abbott, Petworth, Sussex Longdogs, Glynclydach, Llandeilo, Claro, and others; running a lurcher show, organisation, advertising, size of rings, entries, trouble, dog stealing, classes, championships, ring stewarding, showing a dog, ethics, lunches and loos; judging lurchers, experience, confidence, methods, movement and make and shape, puppies, veterans, groups, problems and queries; other activities, racing, speed jumping, lure chasing, high jumping, 'show jumping', obstacle racing, obedience tests. Part II, longdogs at work: - coursing, the quarry, the rules; public coursing; private coursing, organised meetings, unorganised meetings, the bobbery pack, badger, roe, muntjac, fox and hare, obedience. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. Large 4to (213 x 303mm). Ppxviii,225. Colour photographs, b/w illustrations, diagrams, bibliography. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine new hardback copy. "In Central Scotland, grouse numbers were reasonable in the mid 1970s, but after poor weather conditions during 1975 and 1976 they started a decline which many people feared to be terminal. By the early 1980s a high proportion of those connected with grouse moors felt in their heart of hearts that grouse shooting in Scotland was a thing of the past. The Scottish Grouse Research Project was started by The Game Conservancy Trust to try to figure out why this dramatic drop in population occurred and try to reverse the decline in Scotland." An important and scholarly work. Required reading for anyone with an interest in grouse. Sections include:- Grouse shooting: ecology and economics; Changes in numbers of grouse and other moorland animals; Demography and annual changes in grouse populations; Population biology of low density grouse populations; Social behaviour of grouse; Hen harrier predation and disturbance of grouse; Population biology of cyclic populations: the effect of the trichostrongyle worm; Ticks and louping ill; Heather loss and restoration techniques. Appendices include:- Status and potential of red grouse in the Spey valley; Red grouse homing for 35 kilometres; Grouse shooting in Scotland: analysis of its importance to the economy and environment; Publications on red grouse by The Game Conservancy. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1993). (1982) 1993 1st UK edition. 8vo (148 x 218mm). Ppxviii,286. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations by Bill Elliott, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight shelf wear, else fine new copy in price-clipped dust-wrapper. "This is a book for all serious fly fishermen - a penetrating look at the design of trout flies, a challenging series of thoughtful concepts for imitating trout foods, and penetrating discussions of insect behaviour, fly types, colour, hooks, and much more." Chapters include: Imitations, fancy flies, lures, and how to tell the difference; Priorities of trout, behaviour, size, shape, colour; How insects behave (almost as strangely as people); Making an artificial behave like the real thing; Imitating size shape and colour; The hook problem; Fly size, including weight and buoyancy; Shape, with a discussion of wing materials; Colour in folklore and and fishing, translucency, sheen, light patterns; What makes a 'design', when to change designs instead of patterns; Mayfly designs; Designs for caddis-flies, stoneflies, midges, terrestrials, and black gnats; Notes on fly-tying, or, how to talk to trout without an interpreter. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2012). 2012 1st edition. Large 8vo (175 x 253mm). Ppxviii,206. Colour photographs, colour plates of flies, b/w line illustrations. Red boards, spine titled in silver. Corners bumped but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "A collection of in-depth essays comprehensively surveying the world of chalkstream flyfishing in Britain. With contributions from .writers, who all have a specialist knowledge of the sport. .Conceived, designed and edited by Graham Chalmers, in collaboration with the Salisbury & District Angling Club." Chapters include: Ecology of a chalkstream, by Malcolm Anderson; How to approach a chalkstream, by Gordon Mackie; Entomology of a chalkstream, by Dr Cyril Bennett; Artificial flies for chalkstream fishing, by Dennis Shaw; Madness of the may fly, by Peter McLeod; Seasonal tactics, by John Stoddart; Presenting the upstream dry fly, by Ian May; Chalk stream nymph fishing, by Alwyn Lindsey; Expeditions after grayling, by Jan Szakowski; Chalkstream fly fishing for coarse fish, by Dominic Longley; River management, by Andreas Topintzis; The future, by Theo Pike. Not an 'anthology' at all, but a fine new collection of important and original pieces on chalkstream flyfishing. .