MIXED AND ROUGH SHOOTING: A BOOK FOR MEN OF MODERATE MEANS. By Frank Bonnet ("East Sussex").

1914 1st edition. Large 8vo (143 x 222mm). Ppxx,236,catalogue at rear. B/w photographs, end-paper and preliminary advertisements. Binding A - Landscape printed in black on upper board, spine and upper board titled in gilt.

"No apology need be offered for the production of the present volume, whose main object, as will readily be understood from a casual glance at its contents, is to assist every man who owns or rents 'a bit of a shoot' towards deriving the greatest possible amount of satisfaction from it. That the possibilities of shooting properties are very often neglected cannot be denied, and it therefore follows that much of the money expended on their upkeep is entirely wasted, when with a better system of management, infinitely superior results might be obtained without involving any greater expenditure. [There are many shooting properties] which, if taken in hand in the manner suggested in these pages, could be improved out of all knowledge." Chapters include: Shooting and its development: The improvement of rough shootings; Partridge protection and encouragement; The improvement of pheasant-shooting; The woodcock; Ground game and 'various'; Poachers and poaching; The enemies of game; Moor game; Wildfowl; Snipe; Syndicate, or company shoots; Shooting arrangements; Dogs and their treatment; Guns and ammunition; Game licences and 'tips'.