THE KEEPER'S BOOK: A GUIDE TO THE DUTIES OF A GAMEKEEPER. By Sir Peter Jeffrey Mackie, Bart.

(1903) 1929 new edition. 8vo (148 x 249mm). Ppxii,595,ads. Tipped in colour plates, b/w illustrations. Binding A, green buckram, upper board and spine titled in gilt.

With a new introduction and a chapter on sporting guns by Major Hugh Pollard. Other contributors, Lord Malise Graham, Captain H. Shaw Kennedy, Dr. Charles Reid, H. Burns Murdoch, P.D. Malloch, Henry Lamond, Tom Speedy, Dr. Arnold Jones". Chapters on the different aspects of a keeper's work; on poachers, vermin, dogs, game, deer, rabbits, fisheries, and etc. Includes a chapter on "A Christmas tiger shoot" by Bunnie Wyndham-Quin. This is a detailed account of what the gamekeeper and his profession should look like, from the point of view of the master of the establishment. Chapters on the different aspects of a keeper's work; on poachers, vermin, dogs, game, deer, rabbits, fisheries, and etc. Includes a chapter on "A Christmas tiger shoot" by Bunnie Wyndham-Quin.