THE WILDFOWLER'S YEAR. By Aylmer Tryon. Illustrated by Hugh Monahan.
1952 1st edition. Folio (250 x 315mm). Pp94. 12 colour plates plus b/w line drawings by Hugh Monahan. Blue cloth.
This is Aylmer Tryon's account of his adventures on the foreshore, fen and marsh, with many b/w sketches amongst the text, and twelve plates of colour paintings. The colour plates show: Wigeon flighting at high water; Last of the open water - Aberdeenshire; Pale brent over Sligo Bay; Greenland whitefront leaving at sunset, Roscommon; Barnacles over the island; Garganey coming into a Cambridgeshire fen; The deserted shore - the Wash; Greylag and goslings - pinkfeet, Solway; Wigeon at ebb tide; A haunt of teal. A handsome book.
This is Aylmer Tryon's account of his adventures on the foreshore, fen and marsh, with many b/w sketches amongst the text, and twelve plates of colour paintings. The colour plates show: Wigeon flighting at high water; Last of the open water - Aberdeenshire; Pale brent over Sligo Bay; Greenland whitefront leaving at sunset, Roscommon; Barnacles over the island; Garganey coming into a Cambridgeshire fen; The deserted shore - the Wash; Greylag and goslings - pinkfeet, Solway; Wigeon at ebb tide; A haunt of teal. A handsome book.
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Book Code
26529
| Author | Tryon (Aylmer). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 26529 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | Boards slightly stained, slight foxing to eps and prelims, good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1952 |
| Publisher | Collins. |
| Place | London. |