HOW TO BE ASKED AGAIN: HOW TO BE THE PERFECT SHOOTING GUEST. By Rosie Nickerson. Illustrations by Oliver Preston.

(2009) later reprint. 4to (197 x 252mm). Pp159. Colour cartoon illustrations by Oliver Preston. Light yellow boards, spine titled in gilt.

"A step by step guide to modern shooting etiquette stuffed full of amusing quotes and anecdotes. [This book] instructs the gun on how to be the perfect guest out shooting. Inspired by the fact that so many more people are taking up shooting as adults, it encapsulates everything they need to know but no-one will ever tell them as 'they are just expected to know'". The author is the daughter of Sir Joseph Nickerson, writer of A Shooting Man's Creed. Chapters include: The shooting invitation; The shooting house party; On arriving; Shooting safely and shooting well; Manners on the field; Marking your birds and picking up; The keeper and the quarry; The lady gun; Loaders; The shoot lunch; Parting shots.