JIMMY BUNDOBUST. By J.K. Stanford.

1958 1st edition. 8vo (134 x 206mm). Pp162. Not illustrated. Binding A Teal cloth, spine titled in red.

More sporting fiction. Stanford develops this post-war story of Lt.-Col James Gore-Bunbury who first appeared as a minor character in "Guns wanted." "In India he had been widely known as 'Jimmy Bundobust' (from the Urdu) on account of his passion for detail, and his meticulous arrangements to ensure the success of anything he undertook. In [this book] we saw him, as a minor character, struggling with his graden, hens, geese and bacon-pigs, and the problem of somehow keeping his head financially above water. In this light-hearted book, all who have ever lived on a fixed income in the country, or given a cocktail party for the neighbourhood, or had sudden changes of fortune over birds, of cattle deals, or invitations to shoot in Scotland since 1945, will find their problems mirthfully recounted. Not only James Bunbury, but his neighbours, are depicted with a satiric pen, which does not lack kindliness, by one who has been very familiar with them all."