COME DAWN, COME DUSK: FIFTY YEARS A GAMEKEEPER FOR THE DUKES OF WESTMINSTER. By Norman Mursell.

(1981) 1996 new edition. 8vo (158 x 241mm). Ppviii,150. B/w illustrations by Rodger McPhail, brown end-papers. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

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".