The Cry of a Bird

London England: The Country Book Club, 1964. hardback. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Foxing to D/J. Wear to edges of D/J. This book has been written not only to show how, from a very small beginning, the work of The Wild Bird's Hospital and Santuary has grown and established itself, but also with the aim of enlarging human understanding of bird life, and especially bird character. The distinctive psychological and emotional characteristics of wild birds are something rather different from their physical habits and behaviour. Contents: The Involuntary Hospital. Jackdaws Show the Way. Taking Shape. From All the Ages of Man. peril on the Sea. A Dog Possessed. Divers From the Deep. The War Years and After. Lovers and Parents. From Air, Sea and Land. Some Unusual Personalities. Owls and Others. Strangers With a Place In Our Thoughts. The Value of Life. What of the Future. Appendix. Illustrated. 144 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). 1st Country Book Club Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.