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Inscribed in ink to head of title page 'For Tommy & Diana/Happy memories of those early days./With love from Phil.' [Philippa Scott] with loosely inserted a Lady Scott compliments slip with a similar message hand written signed 'Phil'. Large 8vo. (236x164mm), soft cover, 128pp., frontispiece & well illustrated throughout incl. full page, paperback, very good.Philippa Scott, Lady Scott née Talbot-Ponsonby, (22 November 1918 - 5 January 2010) was a British wildlife conservationist. She married Sir Peter Scott, naturalist and founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1951.Thomas Sidney Johnstone known affectionately as Tommy Johnstone, son of Dr. Johnstone of Peterborough, married Miss Diana Marie Baillie in Belfast early February 1944. He saw an article in Country Life and wrote to Peter Scott asking if there was any chance of making a living with birds? He became Assistant Curator of the Wildfowl Trust and soon the Curator, staying for nearly 30 years with his wife Diana. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1928
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