THE SPORTING ROUGHSHOOT. Michael Brander.

1989 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppx,181. B/w photographs, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt.

"Wherever his chosen ground may be and whatever his own background, this is a book for the roughshooter, or would-be roughshooter, interested in finding and making the best of a roughshoot. There are also useful tips for the farmer or landowner, who may wish to improve his land as a roughshoot and a sporting asset, but feels his ground does not justify the expense involved in raising game on a large scale for organised driven shooting." Chapters include: The sporting roughshoot; Requisites and prerequisites; Grouse and the moorland roughshoot; Partridges on the roughshoot; Pheasants on the roughshoot; Wildfowl on the roughshoot; Pigeons on the roughshoot; Ground game on the roughshoot; Deer and the rifle on the roughshoot; Predators, traps and trapping; The dog on the roughshoot; Critical bibliography.