Cor, very good value then!
I've had long conversations with people (they know who they are) who are annoyed and critical of this and the cut down version, because it doesn't appear to go into enough detail as to how to actually do the things illustrated. I can grant these points, but feel that the book has most value as something to spark inspiration in people.
Back in 2002 a group of Scoutleaders in my district had a weekend get-together at a local camp site. One of them brought along this (as I saw it at the time) extraordinary book, that was crammed full of ideas, pictures and advice. I'd seen a few of Ray Mears programmes before, but never really looked below the surface of them. Then there was this book, Bushcraft...
All of a sudden I saw - really for the first time - what Scouting could be about: Getting out, learning what you're capable of, building shelters, making fires, axework, knifework... This was all stuff that I had been trying to learn as I muddled my way through trying to lead my Troop (The role of Scoutleader had been thrust upon me when "Skip" dissapeared off the scene a couple of months previously), but now I had a context to put it into and it seemed to fall into place. All thanks to that book.
So as I said above, I'll accept that Bushcraft may not be the best "How to" book on the subject - but as an introduction and an inspiration it is dead on.