THROUGH THE AIR: ADVENTURES WITH WILDFOWL AND SMALL-BOAT SAILING. By Michael Bratby and Peter Scott.

1941 1st edition. 4to (189 x 253mm). Pp127,ill. B/w photographs, illustrations by Peter Scott, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt.

Chapters include: The wild geese arrive; The marsh in April; Dinghy sailing; Grey geese, blue geese and black geese; The herons; The shelducks; Bill, the green-winged teal; This and that - a talk with Peter Scott; "Tracks in the Snow" - a talk with David Haig-Thomas; George and Ann - the story of a pair of pink-footed geese; Dinghy sailing - a talk with John Winter; Sea-gulls; Dinghy sailing - the International Dinghy Championship. To-morrow in the country; Sea-swallows; Annabelle and Barnacle Bill; The marsh in winter; Birds of the seashore; Pink-footed geese; The padre and the wren.