MORNING FLIGHT: A BOOK OF WILDFOWL. Written and illustrated by Peter Scott.

(1935) 1937 reprint. Large 4to (228 x 292mm). Ppxiv,138. Colour and b/w plates by the author. Blue cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt.

Classic East-coast wildfowling with much on punt-gunning. Chapters include: Brown and green; The pilgrimage to Mecca; The Fens; Penelope on flood-water; Grey goose; Hard frost; Birds of the brown land; The aura; The weather; A grove in the forest; Saltings; Full moon; Moon fields; This punt gunning; With the expert; Kazarka; Rough passage; January day; Horizonless white; Duffer's luck; Mallards and greylags; The best day; Reflected frost; The passing of the 'Clanging Battalions'; A net to catch geese; More adventures with the goose net; The story of Egbert; Florence and Percival; Borough Fen; Unfriendly places; No sea-walls; Wild music.