Days and Nights on Hunter's Fen by Humphreys, John - 1992

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Like New.

David & Charles, 1992. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

David & Charles, 1992-03-26. Hardcover. Good/Good. 10x7x0. Good+ in Good+ dustjacket. Desolate, remote, yet full of the echoes of history, the East Anglian fens are an ideal habitat for today's wildfowler, wanderer and fisherman. They have a strange and wild history, for savage Vikings, monks, Romans, adventurers, dour Dutch drainers and a creeping race of mongrel Britons have all, in their time, navigated the slow, meandering rivers. Later, the fenman was to wrest a precarious living from eels, fish, wildfowl and reed and peat cutting; from duck decoys, coprolite mines and herding bullocks, keeping at bay as best he could the ague and clouds of poisonous mosquitoes. The underlying theme was water, the ever-present risk of floods, dykes, drains, washes, leams and cuts of his half-tamed waterland. The fenman and his hostile terrain with its strange birds and beasts are inextricably linked. This is the story of the gunners and fishermen, of wild, bloodshot sunsets, waving reeds, of old yarns,… Read More

David & Charles, 1992. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Light shelf wear. A couple short tears to jacket. .

GB: David & Charles, 1992. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age BUT slightly cocked and bottom of spine rubbed. Dustwrapper/dustjacket has taped repair to bottom of spine. SPECIAL POSTAL RATES APPLY GB £6. Packed weight 1000g.. 1st Thus. Hardback. nrVG/G++ DW.

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon, 1992. Revised & Enlarged. Maroon Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrator: Paley, John & Murphy, Philip. Desolate, remote, yet full of the echoes of history, the East Anglian fens are a perfect habitat for today's wildfowler, wanderer and fisherman. They have a strange and wild history, for savage Vikings, monks, Romans, adventurers, dour Dutch drainers and a creeping race of mongrel Britons have all, in their time, navigated the slow, meandering rivers. Later, the Fenman was to wrest a precarious living from eels, fish, wildfowl, reed and peat cutting; from duck decoys, coprolite mines and herding bullocks, keeping at bay as best he might the ague and clouds of poisonous mosquitoes. The underlying theme was water, the ever present risk of floods, dykes, drains, washes, learns and cuts of his half-tamed waterland. The Fenman and his hostile terrain with its strange birds and beasts are inextricably linked. This is the story of the gunners… Read More

David & Charles, 1992-03-26. Hardcover. Good.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1992. New Edn. . Hardcover. Vg/Vg. 192pp Illus. small ink inscription inside fr.fly. Size: 4to