Author: G. Christopher Davies
Title: The Swan and Her Crew, or the Adventures of Three Young Naturalists and Sportsmen on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk
Description: London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1877. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated account of the author's own exploration of the Norfolk broads and rivers. Illustrated with a frontispiece, four plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive account of the author's own explorations across the rivers and broads of Norfolk. With chapters on the district, the yacht, preparing for the cruise, birds and their eggs, bears, oysters, a boat race, fishing, water insects, eels, hawking, herons, and much more. Written by George Christopher Davies, a prolific English photographer and writer who played an important role in encouraging popular awareness of the Norfolk Broads. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. Dated from the ink inscription to the title page. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with marks to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Contemporary ink inscription to the title page with bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: Swan Crew Naturalists Davies Crew Not Stated


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