THE LURCHER: IN FIELD, FEN, FOREST AND SCRUB. VOLUME 1. By Simon Fairclough.

2013 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 216mm). Ppxii,158. Colour photographs. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

"Simon Fairclough writes for the magazine Earth Dog - Running Dog. In this first volume he has interviewed lurcher owners from different continents who still keep and work dogs for their function, not form. From the humble bunny in the Yorkshire Dales to the coyote of the western plains of America, various hunters are interviewed, and although opinions vary, all share a common interest in this, the ultimate hunting machine." Chapters include: Richard Christian - Australia; Colin Didriksen - Australia; Secrets of the Soil; Andy Moore - England; Shawn O'Neil - USA; Bulpa; Paul Rennie - England; Davy Rodgers - Northern Ireland; Fly; Jo Hendley - USA; Steve McElhone - Australia; Foxing in America; Lyn Carter - Wales; Julian Coleman - Wales; Snowy encounters; Scott Rios - USA; Jonathan Thompson - England; What the...? Steve Barton - New Zealand; A mixed bag.