THE COMPLETE BOOK OF GAME CONSERVATION. Edited by Charles Coles.

1971 1st edition. 4to (188 x 246mm). Ppxiv,394. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations.

Regarded as the modern "bible" for gamekeepers. Chapters include; game as a farm crop; the effect of farming operations on game; enemies of game 1 - winged predators; enemies of game 2 - mammalian predators; hedgerow keepering; red-legged partridges; stocking a pheasant shoot; incubation of gamebird eggs; pheasant rearing - open field and moveable pens; pheasant - brooder rearing; releasing pheasants and holding in covert; forestry and pheasants 1; forestry and pheasants 2; rearing partridges; some diseases of gamebirds; game and shooting crops; winter feeding and management; wildfowl managemnt - flight ponds; wildfowl management - hatching, rearing and releasing mallard; wildfowl management - wild duck breeding areas; snipe and woodcock; grouse management; the management of heather; how to distinguish age and sex; the modern game gun;the cartridge; the shotgun and cartridge in action. A well-regarded manual which has run to numerous printings and is still the leader in its field.