Rivermouth / illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe

Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald

RA Collection: Book

Record number

17/338

Author

Imprint

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949

Physical Description

171 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

General Note

This book, first published in 1949, is produced in full conformity with the Authorized Economy Standards and is made and printed in Great Britain for Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers), Limited, 15 Bedford Street, London, W.C.2 by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London [colophon]

Contents

I. The Estuary -- II. Berganders -- III. Magpies -- IV. Otters -- V. Gulls -- VI. Curlew

Summary Note

“Mr. Vesey-FitzGerald shows us quite another side of country life in this very unusual book about the countryside and country people. He knows well those to whom “shiny nights” are their chief delight. All those characters who take their sport by night … poachers, “loafers”, “mouchers”, tramps and gypsies … appear in these pages. Mr Vesey-FitzGerald knows them all. This is more than an unconventional and delightful book. It is a most important book by one of the best-known sportsmen-naturalists of the day.” [dust-jacket].

Provenance

The front pastedown carries a 20th century Royal Academy bookplate

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