THE SPORTSMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK. By D.J. Watkins-Pitchford (B.B.). Illustrated by the author and G.D. Armour. The Country Library.

(1937) 1940 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppxii,237. Illustrated with b/w plates (7 wood engravings by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford and 5 drawings by G.D. Armour), wood-engraving tail-pieces by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Blue-green cloth, spine titled in yellow.

Marginal note to p21; "25 Sept '40. I was reading. x Here dropped some bombs shaking the cottage." The text marked reads, "And those hills will look down on wars and unhappiness and the end of all peace". "Reprinted in The Country Library 1940". A marvellous collection of BB's short pieces on wildfowling, rough shooting, following hounds, fishing and natural history.