Quiller Christmas Catalogue 2019

BOOKS for

CHRISTMAS

Books to amuse, astonish and enlighten

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Have a Cigar!

The Memoir of the Man Behind Pink Floyd, T. Rex, The Jam and George Michael

Bryan Morrison Hardback • 224 pages • £20

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When music impresario Bryan Morrison died aged 66 in 2008, following a polo accident, he left behind his unpublished memoir.

Morrison was a self-made man of great flair and unfailing instinct and had represented the crème-de-la-crème of 1960s and 70s musicians and bands – The Pretty Things, Pink Floyd, The Jam, T. Rex, Wham!, George Michael and many others. In this hugely entertaining memoir, he tells how he became involved with the Kray twins; why The Jam kissed goodbye to success in the USA; of the death threats he received when Robin Gibb left the Bee Gees.

By the 1980s Morrison discovered his other great passion – that of polo and founding the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club.

Winning Against the Odds My Life in Gambling and Politics

Stuart Wheeler Hardback • 280 pages • £20

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Winning Against the Odds is a story of bets won and lost, and tells the fascinating story of one of Britain's most intriguing and eccentric men in recent political history. A heady mix of high-stakes gambling, city finance and political intrigue involving a most unassuming, compassionate and principled man.

Takes the reader from the Las Vegas glamour of the World Poker Championships to the very centre of British political power in the run-up to Brexit and beyond. A maverick businessman who founded the spread betting company IG Index, a major donor to the Tory party but expelled after supporting UKIP, and who became a key figure in Vote Leave during the Brexit referendum campaign.

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Hunt the Banker

The Confessions of a Russian Ex-Oligarch

Alexander Lebedev Hardback • 256 pages • £20

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Alexander Lebedev is best known as the Russian businessman and public figure who bought the Evening Standard and The Independent newspapers.

A fascinating and revealing exposé of Putin's Russia and from being a KGB officer in London in the 1980s. It is a journey through the trials and tribulations of high finance and corruption in modern Russia and will appeal to anyone with an interest in world politics, international banking and survival in the face of overwhelming odds. This book is ultimately a portrait of a fraudulent system which is a challenge to justice and the well-being of people, and which Lebedev considers as another little step in the battle against international kleptocracy.

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The Man Behind the Mike

True to the Line

The Enigma of Kidson

Mike Tucker The Voice of Equestrianism

A Hunting Life

The Portrait of a Schoolmaster

Jane Wallace

Adrian Dangar

Jamie Blackett

HB • 192 pages • £20

PB • 344 pages • £16.95

Hunting memoir lifts the lid on the real life of country folk and the chase. 'For those who have ridden to hounds, this book will be a joy to read.' The Field

As featured in the Daily Mail, The Times, the Spectator, the Oldie and Country Life – a moving, thought-provoking, inspiring and hilarious best-selling biography.

HB • 304 pages • £20 Official biography of the BBC's lead equestrian commentator for 25 years. 'A fitting tribute.'

The Field

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In the Garden with The Totterings Annie Tempest Foreword by Alan Titchmarsh Hardback • 112 pages • £12.99

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This updated and revised edition is a showcase of Annie Tempest's most loved cartoons of Lord and Lady Tottering (Dicky and Daffy) as they tackle the gardens of their beloved but crumbling home. This should be essential book for any gardener!

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Unlimited Overs A Season of Midlife Cricket

Roger MorganGrenville Illustrations

by Oliver Preston

Hardback • 216 pages £12.95 The secret of Roger Morgan-Grenville's book is the charming way in which he observes people and life through the medium of cricket. It is both a love letter to cricket and an inspiring manifesto for doing things simply because you still can, in spite of sporting incompetence and midlife demons. The characters, the anticipation and planning, the midmatch tea, the post-match drinks, the countryside and of course the weather are all brought to life. If your cricketing days are numbered this book will bring the memories flooding NEW back and may even have you out Signed swinging the bat again next season!

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The Dictionary of Posh Hugh Kellett

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by Oliver Preston Hardback • 112 pages £14.95 The Dictionary of Posh is the ultimate guide to deciphering the complexities and pronunciation of the English language – say ‘ace’ and speakers of Posh will mistakenly think you are referring to a cold thing that one’s butler puts into your G&T! Hugh Kellett brilliantly captures the nuances of those who speak NEW Posh, and combined with This book will Oliver Preston's brilliantly help you learn Posh, accurate cartoons it is the often with side-splitting key to understanding this consequences. language! It makes the perfect gift!

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The Countryman Through the Seasons

Johnny Scott Hardback • 232 pages • £20

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Johnny Scott is an author, natural historian, broadcaster, columnist, countryside campaigner, artisan snuff manufacturer, and retired hill farmer. There is something for everyone in The Countryman, whether you are a country dweller, an urban nature lover, an amateur historian, or a budding naturalist, the variety of subjects covered is a real treasure trove. Sir Johnny's acute powers of observation enables him to convey his lifelong experiences and knowledge of the natural world in an informative but accessible way. His understanding of the origins of country customs and celebratory festivals is extensive.

Be prepared to be enlightened, amazed or amused – or probably all three!

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The Decline of an English Village Robin Page Hardback • 192 pages £18.95

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NEW 45th Anniversary Edition.

Signed copies Throughout his life, Robin Page has observed dramatic changes in the way people live their lives. It's in this book that he reiterates the tragedy behind a countryside increasingly misused and abused in the name of urbanisation and industrialisation. In this fortyfifth anniversary edition, he brings this melancholy story up to date, showing how the dehumanising pressures of the modern world and our ever-growing population have continued to remind us how much of value we have lost.

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Red Rag to a Bull Rural Life in an Urban Age

Jamie Blackett Hardback • 256 pages • £20.00 Red Rag is a witty and thoughtprovoking story seen through the eyes of a landowner—a modern-day Poldark—trying to keep the family estate going in an ever-changing world.

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The Forgotten Country House

Bursting Bubbles A Secret History of Champagne & the Rise of the Great Growers

The Rise and Fall of Roundway Park

Simon Baynes

Robert Walters

HB • 288 pages • £25

PB • 240 pp • £16.95

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Signed copies Part family history, part love-letter to the English country house. The fascinating untold story of a once-grand Palladian house built in the golden years of the Georgian age, but brought down by family tragedy and the effects of social and economic changes in the early 1950s.

The Inverawe Smoked-Fish Cookbook Rosie Campbell-Preston HB • 128pp • £14.99

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Hunter Gather Cook

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Adventures in Wild Food

Nick Weston HB • 248 pages • £25

Stickmaking A Complete Course

Andrew Jones & Clive George PB • 176 pages • £16.99 This complete introduction to stickmaking explains how to make a wide range of traditional walking sticks, market sticks and crooks.

Expanded to include more detailed coverage of tools, moulds, formers, jigs and materials, this book is the ultimate, comprehensive guide to stickmaking.

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Woodland Craft Ben Law

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PB • 216 pages • £16.99 Accompany Ben Law as he celebrates the amazing diversity of craft products made from materials sourced directly from the woods. With fascinating information on the history, language and traditions of the crafts, coppice management and tree species, this book teaches about all aspects of the lowimpact woodland way of life.

With Nick’s expertise and enthusiasm you’ll learn how to turn the countryside into your very own larder and kitchen. Taste your way through the woods, fields and meadows, discovering mouth-watering recipes for deer, rabbit and game and delicious wild cocktails to toast your culinary adventures.

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The Great Shoots

Britain's Finest Shooting Estates – Past and Present

Brian P Martin Hardback • 288 pages • £35

Definitive celebration of the finest shoots and a rare insight into the country's most exclusive shooting estates.

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This third edition, enlarged, expanded and updated is a comprehensive history and survey of gameshooting in the UK, both as it was and as it stands today, including over 170 of the finest shooting estates from the most famous highbird shoots to many privately owned estates.

101 Shooting Excuses Bryn Parry

Hot Barrels!

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Hardback 100 pages • £9.99

Shooting Superstitions, Facts and Fallacies

J C Jeremy Hobson with cartoons by Bryn Parry Hardback 192 pages • £20

The perfect shooting stocking filler.

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The Imperfect Shot

Shooting Types

How to be Asked Again

Shooting Excuses, Gaffes and Blunders

The Second Barrel

How to be the Perfect Shooting Guest

J C Jeremy Hobson Illustrations by Oliver Preston Hardback • 152 pages • £20 ‘Tales of embarrassing gundogs and wonderfully incompetent Shots ... clearly one for the Christmas stocking.’ CLA Land and Business Magazine

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Giles Catchpole & Bryn Parry Hardback • 112 pages • £19.95 ‘Every shooting enthusiast will recognise many of the characters in this book, all illustrated with Bryn Parry's perceptive and humorous cartoons.’ Gamewise

Rosie Nickerson Illustrations by Oliver Preston Hardback • 160 pages • £20 'This wittily illustrated book is stuffed full of modern shooting etiquette, amusing quotes and anecdotes.’ NFU Countryside

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The Airgunner's Companion

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A Field Guide to Hunting with Air Rifles

J D J Braithwaite Paperback 208 pages • £18.95

The Airgunner's Companion provides the reader with the fundamental knowledge NEW necessary to be an effective hunter.

With detailed discussion about Go-to guide the different types of airgun and for beginners and selecting additional shooting intermediates. equipment; how to use camouflage Signed copies and decoys effectively; vermin control and conservation projects; and tried and tested methods for hunting.

Cleaning and Maintaining Modern and Antique Firearms A Concise Guide

Bill Harriman PB • 96 pp • £12.95

Showcases the great variety of guns and rifles on offer, entirely built in Great Britain today.

Demonstrates how British gunmakers continue to lead the world in best quality guns and rifles.

British Gunmakers of the 21st Century Donald Dallas HB • 136 pages • £40

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Breaking Clays

On Your Shoot

Target Tactics, Tips & Techniques

A Practical Guide to Running Your Own Shoot

Chris Batha HB • 188 pp • £19.95

Liam Bell HB • 160 pp • £20

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Buy both pocket Record Books £15 for the set or £9.95 each

The Pigeon Shooter's Diary Tom Payne HB • 216 pp • £20

The Sporting Shooter's Handbook An Introduction to the Sport

Graham Downing HB • 248 pp • £20

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Practical Deer Management Charles Smith-Jones

Falconry Basics An Introduction to the Care, Maintenance and Training of Birds of Prey

Foreword by Ray Mears Hardback 228 pages • £25

Tony Hall Revised and updated

by Michael K Nicholls

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Hardback 268 pages • £20

An excellent book for beginners. It addresses every possible scenario a newcomer may face when training their first raptor – the more experienced falconer will also find the information useful.

Easy-to-follow text covering every aspect of the sport from the law, the different birds, housing, equipment, furniture, handling, weights, food, training, fitness, illness, injury and lots more besides. Diagrams and line drawings throughout.

Matching the Hatch Fear of Fly Fishing Stillwater, River & Streams

Pat O'Reilly PB • 224 pp • £12.95 'This updated edition is profusely illustrated.

Keep it in your fishing bag; it's a must for any angler's collection.'

BASC Shooting and Conservation Magazine

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Do Trout Exist? And Other Facts of Reel Life

Jack Ohman PB • 142 pp • £14.95 This reprint of a fly-fishing classic will continue to entertain new generations of anglers bitten by the fly-fishing bug.

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Practical Deer Management is an essential book for anyone who has to deal with deer and the problems they present. Candid and comprehensive advice given for gardeners suffering attacks on their flower beds, foresters looking to prevent damage to newly planted trees, or landowners with larger scale problems.

'If you only ever buy one book on UK deer, you should certainly consider Practical Deer Management being your purchase.' British Country Sports

The Deer Stalker's Game & Fish Bedside Book Record Book Charles Smith-Jones Illustrated by PB • 224 pp • £20 'Full of fascinating stories, facts, trivia, advice and personal observations, this book can be enjoyed at any page.' Sporting Gun

Rodger McPhail

HB • 240 pp • £30 This beautifully produced large format journal is ideal for both game shooting and fishing records and has ample space for date, location, guns/rods, bag and comments.

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Brain Teasers for Dogs Quick and Easy Homemade Puzzle Games

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Training the Working Spaniel Janet Menzies HB • 220 pp • £19.95

Christina Sondermann

Training the Working Spaniel makes it simple for anyone to train their Endless enjoyment gundog, no matter what guaranteed this facilities are available.

Christmas for all the Covers training the family members! Discover urban gundog; how to how much fun you keep a working dog can put into everyday in a family home and objects and turn games introducing first-timers into a completely new to working their spaniel experience for your dog. in a variety of shooting situations.

PB • 112 pp • £9.95

Gudrun Braun and Anne Scheller with artist Anika Hage HB • 92 pp • £16.95

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The Complete Guide to Management and Training

Training for Puppies and Adult Dogs

Jeremy Hunt

PB • 248 pp • £16.95

Pippa Mattinson

PB • 216 pp • £19.95 Essential reading for both first-time and experienced owners or trainers. Jeremy Hunt covers all aspects of the gundog's training, nutrition, breeding and buying.

No 1 bestseller An international bestseller from renowned dog training expert Pippa Mattinson.

This is the definitive puppy and dog training manual for recall.

Stocking fillers

Horse Fun Facts and Activities for Horse Crazy Kids

Training the Total Recall Working Labrador Perfect Response

Cartoons from the Horse's Mouth Spencer Hill and Vicky Oakey

Fergus and the Night Before Christmas Jean Abernethy

PB • 112 pp • £8.99

HB • 40 pp • £12.95

My Special Pony Record Book Spiral HB 96 pp • £9.95

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The World of Cognac Michelle Brachet HB • 312 pp • £25 Michelle Brachet provides an authoritative account of the history and culture of cognac and how this muchloved spirit is produced and matured. A comprehensive list of the many cognac houses is featured.

£8.50

Sharpshooter

Great Angling

The Popular and Disasters Provocative Columnist Edited by from Shooting Times Tom Quinn

Alasdair Mitchell HB • 232 pp • £18.95

'Evocative and no reader can escape Alasdair's knowledge, understanding and love for the countryside and the sport it offers.' NGO

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Outdoor Staff at the Great Country Houses

David S D Jones HB • 208 pp • £25

'Highly amusing collection of calamitous fishing tales.' This England

What Downton Abbey was for inside the house, this brilliant historical account is for outside. Beautifully illustrated.

Raise Your Game

Buy these beautifully illustrated hardback histories of Gamekeeping and Game Shooting by David S D Jones Special Offer £25 for the set or £15 each

Servants of the Lord

HB • 184 pp • £14.95

£7.50

Cleverly crafted, meticulously researched and generously illustrated by archive photographs, illustrations and gamekeepers' personal records, these substantial hardbacks make superb gifts for anyone interested in game shooting and the countryside.

£10

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How to Speak Fluent Sport

Ian Valentine Cartoons by Oliver Preston HB • 208 pp • £20 ‘A light-hearted look at the rules of all major and minor sports. Do you know the cricket terms hutch, rabbit, ferret, bunny, duck or cow corner?... an excellent volume.’ This England

£15

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An Odyssey in Steam ‘Rocket’ to ‘Evening Star’

David C Bell HB • 104 pp • £25 A beautiful and evocative collection of drawings and paintings from the end of steam on our railways in the late sixties to the many heritage centres of today.

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