PARK LIFE: THE MEMOIRS OF A ROYAL PARKS GAMEKEEPER. By John Bartram with John Karter.

2017 1st edition reprint. 8vo hardback (140 x 224mm). Ppxii,228. Colour photograph plates and b/w vignette illustrations, map endpapers. Foreword by Sir David Attenborough. Black boards, spine titled in silver gilt.

A diary chronicling the final year of John Bartram's life as the guardian of Richmond Park, after a career spanning four decades. Includes much on deer and countryside management. Chapters include: A man for all seasons; The jewel in the crown; The Great Storm; A year with the deer; What could possibly go wrong; The silliest animal of all; The Olympics come to Richmond; Moonlighting in motion pictures; All creatures great and pesky; Buster and snod; Royals and royal parks; The final countdown.