Description: POT LUCK ROUGH SHOOTING IN THE WEST OF IRELAND GERALD FITZGERALD HERBERT JENKINS LTD 1938 1st edition. 19 x 13 cm. 155 pp + 8 b/w photo plates + 4 pp publisher's ads. HB To many sportsmen the country of the West of Ireland is almost unknown territory: yet no more perfect ground could be found for those who prefer the more hazardous and exciting methods of rough shooting. Here is a book which opens up a Sportsman's paradise, describing the type of country to be found and shot over in the West of Ireland, and containing as well a vast amount of information and shooting lore. Gerald Fitzgerald, who is acknowledged one of the finest shots in Ireland, has placed between the covers of this book the experience of a lifetime of shooting. With its wealth of Irish humour for which "a kind, hard-working, sporting people who love to see the birds come down and the rod bending to the fish" are famous, this book will be read not only for the information it contains but for the charm with which it is written. CONTENTS ROUGH SHOOTING IN THE WEST SNIPE SHOOTING THE WOODCOCK WILD FOWL GROUSE, PHEASANT, PARTRIDGE AND VARIOUS, PLOVERS, PIGEONS, RABBITS, etc; DOGS GENERAL INFORMATION POT LUCK ROUGH SHOOTING IN THE WEST OF IRELAND GERALD FITZGERALD HERBERT JENKINS LTD 1938 First edition. To many sportsmen the country of the West of Ireland is almost unknown territory: yet no more perfect ground could be found for those who prefer the more hazardous and exciting methods of rough shooting. Here is a book which opens up a Sportsman's paradise, describing the type of country to be found and shot over in the West of Ireland, and containing as well a vast amount of information and shooting lore. Gerald Fitzgerald, who is acknowledged one of the finest shots in Ireland, has placed between the covers of this book the experience of a lifetime of shooting. With its wealth of Irish humour for which "a kind, hard-working, sporting people who love to see the birds come down and the rod bending to the fish" are famous, this book will be read not only for the information it contains but for the charm with which it is written. CONTENTS ROUGH SHOOTING IN THE WEST SNIPE SHOOTING THE WOODCOCK WILD FOWL GROUSE, PHEASANT, PARTRIDGE AND VARIOUS, PLOVERS, PIGEONS, RABBITS, etc; DOGS GENERAL INFORMATION 19 x 13 cm. 155 pp + 8 b/w photo plates + 4 pp publisher's adverts. Very good condition. Some foxing to the page edges but otherwise clean and tidy. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.
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Topic: Field Sports
Author: G Fitzgerald
Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Sports
Original/Facsimile: Original
Publisher: Jenkins
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Year Printed: 1938
