THE HUNTING DIARIES OF STANLEY BARKER
Stuart Newsham
 
Hardcover 1981 1st edition.
Colour frontispiece painting, pencil sketches by Michael Lyne.
Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight tanning to edges else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper.
 
"Stanley Barker was huntsman of the Pytchley hounds from 1931-1960.
During this period he showed magnificent sports and will long be remembered by those who had the good fortune to hunt with him. For 45 years Stanley Barker kept a hunting diary which covered his time in the hunt service with the Sinnington, the Quorn and the Middleton, as well as 30 years hunting the Pytchley hounds. The book is built around Stanley Barker's hunting diaries, the anecdotes of friends and various contemporary accounts. It is a tribute to a great huntsman and a wonderful man."
 
Chapters include: Early years; England's youngest whipper-in; The Quorn; Whipping-in at the Middleton; Kennet Huntsman; The Middleton on the Flags; Pytchley and the fun of the thing; The War; Years of shortage and the road to recovery; The final decade; Retirement. 
 
10” x 7.5"