A thousand geese / [by] Peter Scott and James Fisher

Scott, Peter Markham Sir. Fisher, James (1912-1970)

London: Collins, 1953. 1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #351951

Physical description: 240 pages: illus. ; 22 cm. Summary: Narrative of Severn Wildfowl Trust Expedition to Iceland, 1951; discovery of principal breeding ground of pink-footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus). Appendices on status of same species in Svalbard and Greenland, on the birds and plants of the Thórsá valley, Iceland. Appendices C, D and E reprinted from 5th Annual Report of the Severn Wildfowl Trust, p. 101-109, 112-114, 97-101 respectively. Subjects:
Severn Wildfowl Trust. Expedition to Central Iceland, 1951. Natural history Iceland. Geese.

Price: €30.00