James Fisher, "Watching Birds" (Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, revised edition 1946, Pelican A75). Paperback, 193 pages, measuring approximately 11 x 18 x 1cm; this is the second reprinting of a book first published in 1941. The cover is worn with bumped edges, creases and foxing; there is marking to the inside cover and the first page / flyleaf, which also bears the original owner's inscription in ink, whilst the staples are rusty, and there is tanning to the page edges and foxing throughout.