Gamekeeping - Past and Present, an Illustrated History

By David S.D. Jones, National Gamekeepers Organisation Historian and ' Keeping The Balance ' Columnist.
 
NEW BOOK - just published, A5 paperback, 144 pages containing over 150 period photographs and illustrations of gamekeeping, shooting and related activities taken between the 1850's and the present day. Includes the following chapters: The Gamekeeper - A Short History, Gamekeeping Customs and Traditions, Gamekeepers Cottages, Gamekeepers Pay and Perks - A Historical Perspective, Bygone Game Rearing Equipment, Gamekeepers in Wartime, The Moorland Gamekeeper - George Grass of Ramsgill, The Gamekeeper and his Countryside Colleagues, The Lady Gamekeeper, Gamekeeping Professional Bodies, Pheasant Rearing, Partridge Preservation, Pest Control, Poaching, Sporting Dogs, Beaters, Battue or Driven Game Shooting, Game Records, Gamekeeping in Scotland. Also includes a comprehensive Guide to Tracing Gamekeeping Ancestors in England and Wales.
 
Signed by the author.
 

£14.99