THE GREY GEESE CALL. By Bill Powell. First edition.

1956 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 221mm). Pp157 + 2pp ads. B/w photographs, illustrations. Binding A. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt, rising mallard vignette on upper board.

The pursuit of wild geese - wildfowling, netting, punt-gunning, photography. A wilfowling classic written by a professional fowler on the Solway Firth. Bill Powell organised wild-fowling tours on the Solway Firth for many years, and he and his wife ran a guest-house in Glencaple. Foreword by Peter Scott. Chapters include: Introduction to wildfowling - what to do, and pitfalls to avoid; A guide's-eye view; Solway geese - regular and rare types that visit Solway; Tactics - suggestions of methods of approach; Stalking with gun and camera - accounts of approaching geese on the ground, and of a photographic expedition; Rocket-netting - how wild geese are netted; The Protection of Birds Act 1954; The lure of shore-shooting; The lure of punt-gunning; This and that - queer experiences on the marsh, and off it; Boys of all ages - tales of wildfowlers, and of a flight that nearly ended in disaster; August 12th, 1954 - a morning flight that can never be repeated; Romance by moonlight - the marshes by night; Appointment with fear; Solway - the tale of a beautiful fowling ground; Wildfowlmanship (with apologies to Stephen Potter) - contains advice to be taken with salt.