THE BUCK OF THE SAUGHS. By Henry Tegner.
1965 1st edition thus. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Pp144. B/w illustration. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. 21s.
A revised edition of "The Buck of Lordenshaw." "Orphaned at birth, the Buck is reared by hand by a farmer's daughter, but returns to the wild on reaching maturity to find, and eventually to lead, a family of roedeer. Around this central theme Mr. Tegner has woven an evocative picture of the wild life of Northumberland its birds, its plants and its animals, and of the forces which threaten to destroy it." Chapters include:- The wanderer; The kid is born; Death in the dawn; The kid is found; The Saughs; The fall of the year; The hunt; The coming of spring; Rhymeside; The mating rings; Companionship; Travelling; Back to Rhymeside; Winter; The singing of the blackgrouse; The battle; The time of the kidding; Does and their kids; Fire over Rhymeside; The rings once more; The calling of the Bucks; Saughs farm again; Cub hunting; The snared doe; Winter; The lichened stone.
A revised edition of "The Buck of Lordenshaw." "Orphaned at birth, the Buck is reared by hand by a farmer's daughter, but returns to the wild on reaching maturity to find, and eventually to lead, a family of roedeer. Around this central theme Mr. Tegner has woven an evocative picture of the wild life of Northumberland its birds, its plants and its animals, and of the forces which threaten to destroy it." Chapters include:- The wanderer; The kid is born; Death in the dawn; The kid is found; The Saughs; The fall of the year; The hunt; The coming of spring; Rhymeside; The mating rings; Companionship; Travelling; Back to Rhymeside; Winter; The singing of the blackgrouse; The battle; The time of the kidding; Does and their kids; Fire over Rhymeside; The rings once more; The calling of the Bucks; Saughs farm again; Cub hunting; The snared doe; Winter; The lichened stone.
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Book Code
175
Author | Tegner (Henry Stuart). (1901-1980). |
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Book Code | 175 |
ISBN | B001AVZYUY. |
Book Description | Owner's name and address label to end-papers, browning to edges and prelims else good-plus in dust-wrapper. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1965 |
Publisher | William Kimber. |
Place | London. |