MY WILD GOOSE CHASE. By Bill Powell.
1954 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 221mm). Pp208. B/w photographs. Blue cloth, spine titled in silver.
This classic of Solway wildfowling includes chapters on the author's hair-raising experiences as a pilot in the First World War Royal Flying Corps, a disastrous cruise in his motor yacht from Medway to Solway, a couple of chapters on shrimp-trawling, but mostly his adventures in pursuit of the wild geese and ducks of the Solway Firth.
This classic of Solway wildfowling includes chapters on the author's hair-raising experiences as a pilot in the First World War Royal Flying Corps, a disastrous cruise in his motor yacht from Medway to Solway, a couple of chapters on shrimp-trawling, but mostly his adventures in pursuit of the wild geese and ducks of the Solway Firth.
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Book Code
62541
| Author | Powell (Bill). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 62541 |
| ISBN | B001NZO854. |
| Book Description | End-papers and dust-wrapper quite foxed o/w good-plus in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author, "Richard, In memory of happy days on Solway, Bill Powell, April 1954". |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1954 |
| Publisher | George Allen and Unwin. |
| Place | London. |