THE SHOOTING WEEK-END BOOK. Edited by Eric Parker.

ND [1942] 1st edition. Small 8vo (123 x 190mm). Pp319. B/w illustrations by Beryl Irving, pictorial end-papers. Green cloth, green titles on white printed label to yellow cloth spine.

A wonderful anthology of every aspect of field sports and the countryside. The chapters are arranged according to subject: Natural history of game birds; characteristics of birds of prey; Owl family; Gulls; Rabbits and hares; Four-footed enemies of game; Rooks and rookeries; Woodpigeons; Training dogs for the gun; Diseases of game birds; Guns and cartridges; Shooting schools; Which is the most difficult shot?; Clothes and kit; Don't and always; Discomforts; Tips and tipping; Shooting and forestry; Gamekeepers ancient and modern, the first time through; Gamekeepers and foxes; Gamekeepers, grouse and sheep; Game farms; Facts and records; Deer stalking; The shooter's landscape; Lunch, larder and kitchen; The law; Wildfowling. An anthology: Colonel Peter Hawker; Red letter days; Keepers, poachers and foxes; Dogs and their masters; Time was; To-day; Experience teaches; A shooter's notebook. Shooting books and writers.