![]() He lost his job in car sales at the beginning of the Great Depression, but an opportunity arose when the Sunday Dispatch asked him to get a shot of an elephant seal at the London Zoo. ![]() He received a Kodak Box Brownie at age eight, and graduated to a plate camera by age ten, using it to photograph birds. Born in 1909, Eric Hosking developed his love for nature and photography at an early age. This, the first of his two published works, distils his observations of the birds and their changing habitat into a lyrical account of a single year, beginning in autumn with the birds' migration from Scandinavia and ending with their return north in spring. Baker (1926-1987) was a librarian who spent ten years tracking peregrine falcons in coastal Essex during the 1950s and 60s. This copy from the library of eminent bird photographer Eric J. ![]() Uncommon in such nice condition in the dust jacket. First edition, first impression of this masterpiece of 20th century nature writing, cited by Ted Hughes, Andrew Motion, Werner Herzog, and others, as one of the most important works of its kind. ![]() An excellent copy in the jacket that is also a little faded on the spine panel and edges, and lightly rubbed at the extremities. Tail of spine a little bumped, lightly rubbed at the edges. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. ![]()
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