Country Life, Rural Life, Country Pursuits & Outdoor Sports

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Red Vagabond. The Story of a Fox
Adams, GD (illus Watkins-Pitchford,' BB') (Batchworth Press) London, 1951
1st edition UK, out-of-print hardback in loose clear archive-film protected dust jacket [clean bright solid red matt jacket with Watkins-Pitchford vignette illustration, red spine shows only slight tonal difference from front cover, short straight 1/2" loss across spine head & very fine edge-fold snag, with very small label residue (probably removable) on front, & typical shelf-soil of white rear panel, not price-clipped 10s 6d], 189pp, frontis plus 20 b/w txt engravings by Dennis Watkins-Pitchford, cherry-red cloth/gilt with light cloth rippling, mapped rear endpapers, no inscriptions, covers & contents unblemished, very good book in near very good bright jacket...*see an actual image of this copy on our website.. VG/near VG. [RR 18809] £54.09 ($89.00)

Born Free. A Lioness of Two Worlds
Adamson, Joy (Collins Harvill) London, 1960
8th impression, out-of-print hardback in dust jacket [quite clean with closed/repaired edge tears but minimal rub, water marks on reverse, not price-clipped], Medium octavo over 9x6inches, 160pp, over 100 colour & b/w plates, includes news cutting laid in, from 'The Sunday Times' dated 29 January 1961, picturing her 3 orphaned cubs and annou [RR 17723] £4.50 ($7.00)

Living Free
Adamson, Joy (Fontana) London, 1969
Out-of-print paperback, 192pp, b/w photo illustrations, very clean bright wraps, no inscriptions. VG++. [RR 19750P] £4.50 ($7.00)

Living Free
Adamson, Joy (Fontana) London, 1969
Out-of-print paperback, 192pp, b/w photo illustrations, very clean bright wraps, no inscriptions. VG++. [d* 23975P] £4.50 ($7.00)

Properties of the National Trust
Anon (National Trust) London, 1969
Out-of-print softback, 8vo, 241pp with index, edge rub, corner creasing, slight edge-brown, numerous maps with textual descriptions of properties, lands & estates. VG. [RR 10893] £4.50 ($7.00)

Waterways World Cruising Guide: Shropshire Union Canal
Anon (Waterways World) London, 1983
2nd revised edition, out-of-print softback, ring-bound guide in glazed pictorial wraps, tall slim 8vo, 48pp, minor blemishes, maps, key, charts, mileage converter, b/w photos & adverts. VG. [RR 10908] £4.00 ($7.00)

Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. Report on the Decline in the Agricultural Population of Great Britain 1881-1906. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty
Anon (HMSO) London, 1906
1st printing, out-of-print hardback in green boards/gilt, tall 8vo, 143pp, colour map frontis + txt figs, very bright contents, decorative edges, minor ex-library residue. VG+. [RR 17217] £22.50 ($37.00)

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