THE KEEPER'S YEAR. By David Imrie. The Shooting Times Library No.12.

1962 1st edition. Small 8vo (122 x 190mm). Ppiv,96. B/w photographs. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

This a detailed account of the work of the gamekeeper through the year. Another good title in this fine series which retains its interest and utility. Chapters cover; Spring - catching the stock birds, breeding pens, rearing appliances, about partridges, Muirburn, main vermin offensive. Summer - at the hatching boxes, shifting to the covert, rearing in pens, vermin in Summer, moorland activities. Autumn - the Glorious Twelfth, grouse driving, the grouse bag, duration of shooting, partridge shooting opens, bushing fields, plans of action, pheasants in Autumn. Winter - back-end on the moor, loading - large-scale poaching, poaching, partridge driving, the battue, odds and ends.