FOWLER'S MOON. By Nigel Thornycroft. First edition.
1955 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 200mm). Pp192. B/w illustrations by Corona. Light blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt flying geese motif to upper board.
'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
39417
| Author | Thornycroft (Nigel). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 39417 |
| ISBN | 0245561064 / 0245561064. |
| Book Description | End-paper bookplate but a good copy in frayed dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1955 |
| Publisher | John Sherratt and Son. |
| Place | London. |