THE PHASIAN BIRD. By Henry Williamson.
1948 1st trade edition. 8vo (126 x 191mm). Pp341. Not illustrated. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt.
"This is the story of a game bird, a hybrid pheasant, in the period of change that came upon the countryside, and these facts are set down as part of the background of the bird's life: for all background in England at that time was man-made, or man mis-made." The story is set in "a small coastal farm in England's premier game-shooting county, Norfolk. The chronicle opens in the winter of 1937, in the period of deriliction that had fallen on British farming." A good read, as always with Henry Williamson, and something of an English social document.
"This is the story of a game bird, a hybrid pheasant, in the period of change that came upon the countryside, and these facts are set down as part of the background of the bird's life: for all background in England at that time was man-made, or man mis-made." The story is set in "a small coastal farm in England's premier game-shooting county, Norfolk. The chronicle opens in the winter of 1937, in the period of deriliction that had fallen on British farming." A good read, as always with Henry Williamson, and something of an English social document.
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Book Code
29233
| Author | Williamson (Henry William). (1895-1977). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 29233 |
| ISBN | B001AW3XTC. |
| Book Description | Slightly cocked but very good in chipped dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1948 |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber. |
| Place | London. |