FOWLER'S MOON. By Nigel Thornycroft. First edition.
1955 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 200mm). Pp192. B/w illustrations by Corona. Red cloth, flying geese motif in gilt to upper board, spine titled in gilt.
'Fowler's Moon' is a delightful and nostalgic book on wildfowling written (and smuggled out) by Nigel Thornycroft while in a P.O.W. camp, using an illegal pencil and scraps of toilet paper. This is the first edition of 'Fowlers Moon', originally published in 1955, and was the book which established Nigel as an icon of English coastal wildfowlers.
'Fowler's Moon' is a delightful and nostalgic book on wildfowling written (and smuggled out) by Nigel Thornycroft while in a P.O.W. camp, using an illegal pencil and scraps of toilet paper. This is the first edition of 'Fowlers Moon', originally published in 1955, and was the book which established Nigel as an icon of English coastal wildfowlers.
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Book Code
38994
| Author | Thornycroft (Nigel). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 38994 |
| ISBN | 0245561064 / 0245561064. |
| Book Description | Good-plus in slightly frayed dust-wrapper with tape marks to top and bottom edges. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1955 |
| Publisher | John Sherratt and Son. |
| Place | London. |