TALES OF THE OLD GAMEKEEPERS. By Brian P. Martin.

(1989) later reprint. Large 4to (197 x 267mm). Pp189,ads. Colour illustrations by Philip Murphy, frontispiece by Will Garfit, b/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

Estate life in the twentieth and late nineteenth centuries seen through the eyes of gamekeepers and shoot staff. Many interesting old photographs and illustrations. A first-rate read. Chapters include: Overcoming tyranny, Charles South; The world's oldest keeper? George Pryke; Brideshead Revisited, Stanley Ware; Their Majesties' Keeper, Jack Clark; Mainly from the archives; King of the gamekeepers, Harry Grass; From bird scarer to headkeeper, Len Macey; Last of the line, Wally Fakes; The one-man estate, Bill Gill; Mainly from the archives; Everyone called me 'Foxy', Frank Hunt; Good times, hard times, Harry Ward; Mainly from the archives; Honest as the day's long, Harry Churchill; Mainly from the archives; The farmer's boy, Leslie Buckle.