Eric Ennion. One Man’S Birds. Walthew, Bob (Ed.). Ornithology Illustrated

pp.143 with colour illus. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Although not inscribed, from the library of ornithologist, artist, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE (purchased by us, May 2023). Focuses on Eric Ennion’s field sketches from the 1930's which he kept as his lifetime reference material and which were the foundation for the development of his unique style. The sketches contained in this book are reproduced alongside a selection of his evocative writings from the period: in search of birds in the Cambridgeshire fens, Breckland, North Norfolk, in the wildest parts of Britain and in the Netherlands and Iceland.