OPEN SPACES: THE REFLECTIONS OF A NATURALIST. By R.N. Stewart.

1953 1st edition. Large 8vo (163 x 232mm). Ppx,134. B/w woodcut illustrations by Elizabeth Allen. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

Short essays on aspects of natural history drawn from R.N. Stewart's personal observations: The trap line and the wolf; The tortoise; Two places; The stalker; The red deer; The swan; The golden plover; The black-throated diver; The merganser; Trees; The tick; An hour beside a river; Salmon; A short commentary on the life of the sea trout; The eel; Blizzard; The taxidermist; The scale of time; Some notes on observation; Progress.