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Good. Good Jacket. Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); Published by Longmans in 1969. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Longmans, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Illustrated throughout with otter photos and drawings. Well-kept, clean & tight copy. Back corner with a bump. Glossy jacket is showing a little loosening of the lamination. Second impression..
This book is the third book of a series Maxwell wrote. The first, and by far the most well known, is Ring of Bright Water. This book continues the amazing account of a man?s life in Scotland shared with otters. Maxwell?s writing is engrossing. His descriptions and knowledge of the natural world create the idyll in its entirety in the reader?s mind. As in the first, there are portions that are downright heart wrenching. This book does seem to dwell more on Maxwell?s outside projects and troubles than the otters. He, himself, is a fascinating individual. He recounts episodes of health and financial problems that removes the cloud of fantasy surrounding his days at Camusfearna. Inserted in a chapter is an actual proposal written by him in an effort of win support of starting an Eider duck colony. This is a bit dry and doesn?t lend much to the book. In researching these birds, however, he makes a trip to Iceland. The story of his trip is great. Even better are tales of poltergeists in his cottage. One does learn more of his life?writing for hours, smoking eighty cigarettes each day?and that is fine. As with the first book there are many terrific photographs of otters and deerhounds and some fine drawings, though the drawings in the first book are so spectacular that anything else pales in comparison. I am amazed at his life, impressed by his sincere love and concern of the creatures around him. While not of the same magical quality of the first book, this is a fine work in its own right.
