FOWLER'S MOON together with NIGEL and CORONA. By Nigel Thornycroft and David Thornycroft.

(1955) 2010 new edition. Pbks with flaps. Two volumes in slipcase. B/w illustrations by Corona Thornycroft, b/w photographs. Signed bookplate.

Two volumes together in one slip-case. 'Nigel and Corona - a Story of Adventure, Sport, Wilderness and War from England to Africa' - A family biography, recording the lives of Nigel and Corona Thornycroft, both of whom were born into privileged English back grounds but gave this up to pioneer a tobacco and game farm under eccentricconditions in Africa. The book was initially put together by Corona, from Nigel's letters and war diaries, her own unpublished memoirs, her sister Rose's diary and memories and contributions of family and friends. Family members, Verity Thornycroft (in South Africa) and David Thornycroft (in Wales) edited and privately published this in a very limited edition, for members of the family. It includes 70 wildlife sketches from Corona's game book and 60 black and white photographs. 'Fowler's Moon'- 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. 'Fowlers Moon' was originallypublished in 1955 and established Nigel as an icon of English coastal wildfowlers. It has never been reprinted and is now highly collectable. Either volume may be bought separately for GBP 19.95. Also available is a limited, leather-backed edition in a cloth slip-case. This high-quality leather edition is available at GBP 110.00. Each of these quarter-leather bound volumes is available separately at GBP 60.00.