Adventurers Fen
- Collection : A fine ornithological and natural history library
- Publisher : Herbert Jenkins
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 77 text figs, map endpapers
Description:
Illustrated by the Author. First published 1942. Revised and enlarged edition, with additional chapters on bordering fields, farms and villages. Adventurers Fen is close to the more famous Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire. The fen is named after the so-called ‘Adventurers’ who commenced a drainage scheme in the 17th century. Eric Ennion (1900-1981) worked as a country doctor in this area before and during the second world war, he beautifully describes and illustrates in sepia line drawings, the life and nature of this fen.
Condition
8vo, orig. cloth, gt. Vg in d/w (slightly worn to edges, tape repairs to head and foot of spine).
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