FOREST REFRESHED; The Autobiographical Notes of a Biologist / Norman E. Hickin, Ph.D, B.Sc, F.R.E.S.
London, etc. Hutchinson of London, 1965. Norman Hickin. First English Edition. Cloth. PRESENTATION COPY from the Author to PETER MATTHIESSEN inscribed on the front free endpaper and dated "Nov. 14, 1972," 8vo, forest green cloth with silver lettering on spine, illustrated with 76 B&W drawings (by the author-illustrator), pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a weasel in a forest with a mole on the back panel, 184 pages. Fine / Near Fine. Item #4061
Norman E. Hickin (born 1910 - ), a distinguished British entomologist and naturalist, has written more than a dozen important books on conservation, insect pests, and forests; among them: African Notebook: The Notes Of A Biologist In East Africa (1969), The Natural History of an English Forest: The Wild Life of Wyre (1971), Termites (1971), Bookworms (1985), and Animal Life of the Galapagos (1979).
It appears that he was an admirer (and--one supposes--likely friend) of famed naturalist-author Peter Matthiessen, who wrote The Tree Where Man Was Born, about Africa, one of many possible connections to Dr. Hickin.
EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, clean, bright in a bright, clean dj having only very slight rubbing around its extremities.
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