John Fair and Don Moxom

Abbotsbury and the Swannery

Dovecote Press, Dorset, 1993, first edition, ISBN: 1874336083

Description and condition:

Softcover, 10 1/2 by 9 1/2 inch (landscape), 87 pp., illustrated throughout.

Very good with slight shelfwear. Nice bright clean pages throughout.

Contents:

With photographs by Peyto Slatter. 'Abbotsbury's world-famous Swannery was first mentioned six hundred years ago. It remains a fascinating and unique link with the way of life of the medieval monks who gave Abbotsbury its name. The illustrated story of one to England's most beautiful villages. The Monastery and Swannery. The Chesil Bank and the Fleet. The Duck Decoy and life in the reed and withy beds. The famous Sub-tropical Gardens.