Fowler's Moon
Nigel Thornycroft
Published by Published for Sherratt by Harrap, 1955
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Hardcover
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1955. First Published in GB. 192 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels. Seller Inventory # 1695728362IEV
Bibliographic Details
Title: Fowler's Moon
Publisher: Published for Sherratt by Harrap
Publication Date: 1955
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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FOWLER'S MOON. By Nigel Thornycroft. First edition.
Published by
John Sherratt and Son. London. 1955, 1955
ISBN 10: 0245561064
ISBN 13: 9780245561061
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. Small 8vo (132 x 202mm). Pp192. B/w illustrations by Corona. Gilt flying geese to blue cloth. Cloth dented and stained, good copy internally. A good reading copy without dust-wrapper. 'Fowler's Moon' is a delightful and nostalgic book on wildfowling written (and smuggled out) by Nigel Thornycroft while in a P.O.W. camp, using an illegal pencil and scraps of toilet paper. This is the first edition of 'Fowlers Moon', originally published in 1955, and was the book which established Nigel as an icon of English coastal wildfowlers. . Seller Inventory # 29612
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FOWLER'S MOON. By Nigel Thornycroft. First edition.
Published by
John Sherratt and Son. London. 1955, 1955
ISBN 10: 0245561064
ISBN 13: 9780245561061
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 200mm). Pp192. B/w illustrations by Corona. Light blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt flying geese motif to upper board. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and faults, dust-wrapper adhered to boards. Good only. 'Fowler's Moon' is a delightful and nostalgic book on wildfowling written (and smuggled out) by Nigel Thornycroft while in a P.O.W. camp, using an illegal pencil and scraps of toilet paper. This is the first edition of 'Fowlers Moon', originally published in 1955, and was the book which established Nigel as an icon of English coastal wildfowlers. . Seller Inventory # 62068
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FOWLER'S MOON. By Nigel Thornycroft. First edition.
Published by
John Sherratt and Son. London. 1955, 1955
ISBN 10: 0245561064
ISBN 13: 9780245561061
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 200mm). Pp192. B/w illustrations by Corona. Light blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt flying geese motif to upper board. Cloth clean & bright. Ex-library copy with usual stamps but a good reading copy without dust-wrapper. 'Fowler's Moon' is a delightful and nostalgic book on wildfowling written (and smuggled out) by Nigel Thornycroft while in a P.O.W. camp, using an illegal pencil and scraps of toilet paper. This is the first edition of 'Fowlers Moon', originally published in 1955, and was the book which established Nigel as an icon of English coastal wildfowlers. . Seller Inventory # 61398
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Fowler's Moon
Published by
John Sherratt and Son; George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1955
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition Thus. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Mild water stain to fore edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Boards are mildly warped. Seller Inventory # 1725448980ADA
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FOWLER'S MOON. By Nigel Thornycroft. First edition.
Published by
John Sherratt and Son. London. 1955, 1955
ISBN 10: 0245561064
ISBN 13: 9780245561061
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. Small 8vo (132 x 202mm). Pp192. B/w illustrations by Corona. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt flying geese illustration to upper board. Various minor faults but good-plus, without dust-wrapper. 'Fowler's Moon' is a delightful and nostalgic book on wildfowling written (and smuggled out) by Nigel Thornycroft while in a P.O.W. camp, using an illegal pencil and scraps of toilet paper. This is the first edition of 'Fowlers Moon', originally published in 1955, and was the book which established Nigel as an icon of English coastal wildfowlers. . Seller Inventory # 29613
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FOWLER'S MOON. By Nigel Thornycroft. First edition.
Published by
John Sherratt and Son. London. 1955, 1955
ISBN 10: 0245561064
ISBN 13: 9780245561061
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 200mm). Pp192. B/w illustrations by Corona. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt flying geese motif to upper board. End-paper bookplate & names, some tanning but good-plus in slightly torn & rubbed complete dust-wrapper. 'Fowler's Moon' is a delightful and nostalgic book on wildfowling written (and smuggled out) by Nigel Thornycroft while in a P.O.W. camp, using an illegal pencil and scraps of toilet paper. This is the first edition of 'Fowlers Moon', originally published in 1955, and was the book which established Nigel as an icon of English coastal wildfowlers. . Seller Inventory # 61399
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Fowler's Moon
Published by
John Sherratt And Son, 1955
Used
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
1st Edn,. 191 pages, Illustrated with text drawings by Corona, publishers blue cloth, gilt flying ducks vignette to the upper cover, in DJ single closed tar to upper spine edge in protective cover. Much on wildfowling on the Wash. Seller Inventory # 23988
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FOWLER'S MOON. By Nigel Thornycroft. First edition.
Published by
John Sherratt and Son. London. 1955, 1955
ISBN 10: 0245561064
ISBN 13: 9780245561061
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955 ). 1955 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 200mm). Pp192. B/w illustrations by Corona. Light blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt flying geese motif to upper board. Cloth stained, spotting to end-papers, end-paper name, a good copy in frayed price-clipped dust-wrapper. 'Fowler's Moon' is a delightful and nostalgic book on wildfowling written (and smuggled out) by Nigel Thornycroft while in a P.O.W. camp, using an illegal pencil and scraps of toilet paper. This is the first edition of 'Fowlers Moon', originally published in 1955, and was the book which established Nigel as an icon of English coastal wildfowlers. . Seller Inventory # 28466
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NIGEL & CORONA together with FOWLER'S MOON. By Nigel Thornycroft and David Thornycroft.
Published by
Coch-y-Bonddu Books. Machynlleth, Powys. 2010, 2010
New
Softcover
Signed
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2010). (1955) 2010 new edition. Pbks with flaps. Two volumes in slipcase. B/w illustrations by Corona Thornycroft, b/w photographs. Signed bookplate. Fine new set in slip-case. Limited to 100 numbered sets. Two volumes together in one slip-case. 'Nigel & Corona - a Story of Adventure, Sport, Wilderness & War from England to Africa' - A family biography, recording the lives of Nigel and Corona Thornycroft, both of whom were born into privileged English back grounds but gave this up to pioneer a tobacco and game farm under eccentricconditions in Africa. The book was initially put together by Corona, from Nigel's letters and war diaries, her own unpublished memoirs, her sister Rose's diary and memories and contributions of family and friends. Family members, Verity Thornycroft (in South Africa) and David Thornycroft (in Wales) edited and privately published this in a very limited edition, for members of the family. It includes 70 wildlife sketches from Corona's game book and 60 black and white photographs. 'Fowler's Moon'- a delightful and nostalgic book on wildfowling written (and smuggled out) by Nigel Thornycroft while in a P.O.W. camp, using an illegal pencil and scraps of toilet paper. 'Fowlers Moon' was originallypublished in 1955 and established Nigel as an icon of English coastal wildfolwers. It has never been reprinted and is now highly collectable. Either volume may be bought separately for £19.95. Also available is a limited, leather-backed edition in a cloth slip-case. This high-quality leather edition is available at £110.00. Each of these quarter-leather bound volumes is available separately at £60.00. . Seller Inventory # 25093
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Fowler's Moon
Published by
John Sherrratt and Son by George Harrap and Co Ltd, 1955
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Wildside Books, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small 8vo, 192 pp, drawings by "Corona". Previous owner's neat book plate on the front free end paper but a very good copy in a bright non - price clipped dust wrapper. Seller Inventory # 8028
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