Synopsis
"The secret life of woods and fields is brought together in The Naturalist's Bedside Book, that delightful collection of BB essays on the seasons of the British countryside.This book was first published in 1980 and is now redesigned and back in print for a new generation to dip into. As he moves from winter through to spring, summer and autumn, BB covers such topics * fighting starlings and where to site tit boxes* how to identify old nests in winter hedgerows* BB's pet rook Percy, an injured fledgling* separating a clinging, amorous frog from a carp* what makes a good taxidermist* albino birds and mammals* the perfume of the balsam poplar* how to keep horse flies and midges at bay* a search for the eggs of the purple emperor butterfly* the 15-year-old hand-reared goldfinch* a perfect field pond* autumn deer ruts* long-eared owls mobbed by jaysIllustrated with 20 of his beautiful scraper-board illustrations, this new edition is in an improved, larger print and contains the addition of a BB illustration of the Bowcase Stone. "
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About the Author
"Denys Watkins-Pitchford, or 'BB' as he is known, was born in 1905. He grew up in Northamptonshire, where he spent many hours out in the open air as ill health prevented him from being sent to boarding school. He studied art in Paris and at The Royal College of Art in London, and for seventeen years was art master at Rugby School. He was already illustrating books before he began to write under his pseudonym, 'BB'. The Sportsman's Bedside Book (1937) was the first to carry these now famous initials, followed by Wild Lone, the Story of the Pytchley Fox (1939) and Manka, The Sky Gypsy, The Story of a Wild Goose (1939). He was awarded the Carnegie Medal for The Little Grey Men (1941), the tale of the last gnomes in England, which established him in the forefront of literature for children. Many titles followed for both adults and children, and his reputation as a naturalist was further enhanced by his contributions to The Field, Country Life and Shooting Times. He died in 1990."
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Michael Joseph. London. 1980, 1980
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (136 x 222mm). Pp192. B/w scraperboard illustrations by the author. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library, usual faults. Working copy in like dust-wrapper. "'BB' describes the secret life of woods and fields in a collection of essays on the seasons of the British countryside. Though there is a sporting flavour to this book, it is mostly concerned with the secret life in wood and field. 'BB' shares with us his minute and fascinating observations on birds, butterflies, fishes, the beauty of wild flowers and insects, as well as sporting excursions with gun and rod." Contents include: Winds of Winter - the last flight, down to earth, the north wind, the last 'cocks only', memories stirred, amid the tangled thorns, whoopers over Godolphin, the ancient fear, hedgerow homes; Promise of Spring - blackbirds and butterflies, the creeping tide, spring is here, rooks and frogs, vanishing butterflies, a charming case, golden chieftains, spring thoughts, Coax! Coax!, a tragedy, miniature trees; Summer Solstice - swift mystery, the Bowcase Stone, the old barn, summer solstice, song to the sun, true countrymen, birds and their young, goose feast, smell of the summer, in the woods, emperor and empress, grebes and gremlins, as the days pass, seasonal reflections; Autumn Glory - the little pond, foreshore mallard, in the Colonel's clover, rise of the 'Fall', Indian summer in Hammer Wood, September sunshine, Harker's Brook, East Anglian landscape, a rural web, wren song, owls and others, November days, at autumn's end, wintersweet. . Seller Inventory # 61976
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