THE WILD AND THE TAME. By Huldine V. Beamish.

1957 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppxv,189. B/w illustrations by Elizabeth Gray. Binding A - Orange-brown cloth, spine titled in black. 18s. net.

The story of Miss Beamish's twenty years as kennel-maid, groom and general factotem to "The Old Man" on his estate in the West of England. Training gundogs, salmon and trout fishing in Devon and Scotland, Corgis and German Shepherds, rabbiting, game shooting and roe stalking. Chapters include:- The old man; Mostly guns; Mostly fishing; Dog and horse; Blanka; More dogs; Mostly Blanka; Fosse and Twink; The twilight hour; Cruachan and the Grunachy Burn; The one that got away; Beginnings of a team; Summer days; Fishing days in Lewis; Lochs and fjords; Islands, gulls, and geese; The solitary hunter; Canine interludes; Island sheep and other animals; The passage of the years; Changing fortunes.