Ex libris front endplate. Embossed stamp with previous owner's name on title page & page 531. Book pages are somewhat wavy toward right side of book. Rear endpage has reading record taped in place
540 pgs., full leather binding, raised ribbed spine, gilt stampings front cover & spine, all edges gilt, marbled end papers, ribbon marker, numbered, limited edition
Wide-ranging and comprehensive work on wildfowling in the USA, with good chapters on fowling in the Baltic, in Romania, Hungary and Mexico, and on flighting and punt-gunning with Peter Scott, together with a chapter on the use of permanent decoys such as the one at Borough Fen.