Twenty four assorted books and booklets on The Fens, includi...

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£220

Twenty four assorted books and booklets on The Fens, including Phil Gray, 4 titles, all published Reedbush Press, all orig. cloth, dust wrappers: 'Fenland Fowler', 2001, signed & inscribed to John Humphreys (1939-2012), 'Fowler's Footsteps', 2007, 'Whittlesey Wildfowlers and Conservationists Fifty Years On', 2010, signed & inscribed to John Humphreys, 'September the First', 2011, signed & inscribed to John Humphreys; J.M. Heathcote: 'Reminiscences of Fen and Mere', L, Longmans, 1876, 1st edition, xvi, 134pp, grangerized copy extra illustrated with engravings, sketches, cuttings etc, original pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked; Charles Lucas: 'The Fenman's World', 1930, 1st edition, frontis + full page & in text ills., orig. cloth gilt; Alan Bloom: 'The Skater's of the Fens', Cambridge, Heffer, 1958, orig. cloth, d/w, some relevant material loosely inserted; Audrey James: 'Memoirs of a Fen Tiger. The Story of Ernie James of Welney', 1986, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by Ernie James, orig. cloth, d/w; Lesley Goad: 'Fen Farming Family', 2014, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to Angela Humphreys, orig. cloth, d/w; T. Cook & R. Pilcher: 'The History of Borough Fen Decoy', 1982, ALS from publisher loosely inserted, orig. pictorial wraps; plus 9 others including Fenland Molecatcher, Legends of Fenland People, Reach, Eric Ennion 'Adventurers Fen', 1949, Fenland Memories, Fenland Waterways etc, plus 4 related booklets (24).

From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.