Quebec.Contact press. 1955. Unpaginated. with two black & white illustrations and cover design by Betty Sutherland. Original quarter buckram over pictorial boards. 23 x 18cms. First edition. Two small ink textual changes by the author: 'nothing' to 'noting' in 'the improved binoculars;' and 'worms' to 'birds' in 'birds at daybreak.' Lacking paper label to spine - as usual. Boards a trifle rubbed with light bumping to corners, and hinges slightly weakened; else, a very good copy