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Michael Joseph, 1981. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy with clean boards. Internally, appears unread with no inscriptions. The priceclipped fine dustwrapper is fresh and clean with no tears or chips. A lovely copy. Tells of a year spent deep in the countryside, even when those "quiet fields" are covered with snow. Sets out to prove there is still magic and a sense of peace in Britian's woods and fields.

Michael Joseph, London, 1981, first edtion. 206 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0718120396 Charming b&w illustrations. "There is a growing need for the 'quiet fields' in this noisy, restless world. Mercifully, they can still be found by the country-lover and naturalist. This book tells of a year spent deep in the countryside, beginning when the year is young, when trees and hedges are bare to the winter winds, and on through the spring, summer and autumn, to winter once again. Whatever the season of the year there is always something to see in the countryside, even when the 'quiet fields' are sheeted with snow. There are the winter migrants - the wildfowl of the wet places, the delicate fieldfares and redwings - who come to Britain to escape the bitter temperatures of their native lands. 'BB' also describes the advent of the spring migrants, which bring such intense joy to the naturalist that he even had to surrender his studio to a swallow… Read More