Sitting duck: A true story by Bryce Fraser - 1971

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1971. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos, faint toning reverse side jacket (edge tears, minor edgewear, small chip top edge rear cover), faint foxing edges, endpapers lightly toned, bottom corners lightly bumped. 192 pp. Sitting Duck: A True Story, by Bryce Fraser (MacGibbon & Kee, 1971). The true story of Dora, a fresh-water duck who loves salt water, who won the heart of an Australian magazine writer who was allergic to duck feathers. This charming book, with over 50 photos and amusing text, will delight anyone who loved Born Free.

London: Macgibbon and Kee, 1971. Gold title on brown boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is ligh foxing to endpapers and closed edges else very clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete with foxing to inner flaps and reverse. The strange true story of how Dora, a fresh water duck who loves salt water, courted and adopted Bryce Fraser, an Australian magazine writer who is allergic to duck feathers. Objecting all the way, Bryce is coerced into winning and dining Dora, providing continually better housing, setting up a mating service, midwifing, and sharing the responsibility for a mushrooming family. Filled with amusing text and over 50 photographs. *** NOT EX LIB *** C3A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.