The Twelfth, first published in 1944, became a classic of sporting humour and was reprinted many times and now The Twelfth dAfter includes further chapters to make it one of the finest pieces of comic writing. This is the ideal book to give to every lover of shooting and the countryside. AUTHOR: J. K. Stanford, OBE, MC, (1892-1971) was educated at Rugby and St. John?s College, Oxford. He served with distinction in both world wars finishing in 1945 as a Lieutenant-Colonel. Between the wars he was in the Indian Civil Service, for much of the time in Burma. He wrote 27 books, mostly on sporting subjects and ornithology, and was a regular contributor to The Field, Shooting Times and many other magazines. He was for a period Vice-President of The British Ornithologists Union. Line drawings throughout
