COME DAWN, COME DUSK: FIFTY YEARS A GAMEKEEPER. By Norman Mursell.

(1981) later reprint. 8vo (159 x 241mm). Ppviii,150. B/w illustrations by Rodger McPhail. Brown boards, gilt titles to spine.

Few gamekeepers "are better qualified than Norman Mursell, with fifty years experience behind him, to write about the arts of his profession - rearing the birds, dealing with vermin, exciting and dangerous encounters with poachers, working with dogs, and so on - but [this book] is much more than a gamekeeper's manual. It carries the unmistakeable authenticity of the countryman writing about the countryside he knows and loves, and painting a picture in which its wildlife, its farming, its customs, characters and crafts all take their place."