Holt, Peter, — THE KEEN COUNTRYMAN'S MISCELLANY.
Quiller, Shrewsbury, 2012, 1st edn., 208pp, pictorial title, half tone ills. and line drawings in text, beige cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, brown silk marker, pictorial dustwrapper, a selection of entries on everything that the true countryman - or woman - would like to know, containing all things rural, from snippets about wood-burning stoves, vermin control, hedge-laying and wild cat sightings to blowing up wasp nests, how to get fish drunk and rules for conducting a proper snowball fight. Other gems include advice on how to trap magpies with a dead cat, a catalogue of racing trainer's excuses and an inventory of wines that no self-respecting country house cellar should be without. Packed with a gloriously random selection of rustic ephemera, this volume is the perfect gift for the countryman with an inquiring mind and a sense of humour, author signed label pasted to half title, fine in a fine dustwrapper,
