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    By J. K. Stanford
    London   Faber and Faber
    9" by 6.5" 74 [1] pp.
    A very scarce signed first UK edition of Stanford’s evocative, illustrated novel, in which an ex prisoner-of-war hero finds peace protecting rare avocets on the haunting East Anglian marshes.
    By J. K. Stanford

    1950 Belgrave Hall

    London   Faber and Faber
    9" by 6.5" 74 [1] pp.
    A very scarce signed first UK edition of Stanford’s evocative, illustrated novel, in which an ex prisoner-of-war hero finds peace protecting rare avocets on the haunting East Anglian marshes.
    £98.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 969H38
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, Very Scarce, With Dustwrapper

    In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.

    Signed by the author, J. K. Stanford, on the title page.

    This volume is the first UK edition of this work.

    The novel follows a former war prisoner turned environmental guardian, who dedicates himself to protecting nesting avocets on the Bledgrave Marshes. This work is illustrated with numerous in-text sketches by A.M. Hughes, showcasing marsh birds and their habitat.

    John Keith Stanford OBE MC (1892–1971) was a British civil servant, WWII POW, and author known for his works on sport, humour, and natural history

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Very slight fading and rubbing to extremities. Slight offsetting with the odd spots to endpapers. Dust wrapper, generally smart. Spotting to wraps heavier to inside and perimeters. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in the odd small closed tear and chip. Reinforced with tape at inside joints and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with one or two spots to the fore edge. Signed by the author, J. K. Stanford, on the title page.

    Very Good

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