Brain Vesey-Fitzgerald — 1949 Rivermouth

London, Eyre and Spottinswoode, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A short introduction to the rivermouth illustrated with intricate and detailed drawing. The first edition.Bound in the original publisher's binding with the dust jacket. Versey-Fitzgerald shares his passion for nature through his vivid descriptions of the rivermouth. Starting off his career as a journalist he became editor for the Field Magazine. Within his work he explored his passion for the natural world which he suggests was changing rapidly. This copy includes six plates and six vignettes illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Collated complete. Bound in publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Slight sunning to the dust wrapper. Internally firmly bound. Internally firmly bound. Offsetting to the front pastedown. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: C. F. Tunnicliffe. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.