It's on Amazon. uk for eighteen quid. You won't get it for much under a score anywhere, these days. And it was Alfred T. Curtis.
Giving your bro' this book and having his wife read it to him would be ~ believe me ~ the greatest gift you could bestow.
Written in 1960, it yet relates Curtis' illegal bird catching activities. Bird catching only being made illegal in 1954, see how he'd have been posting, on here, of his " Pre Ban " hauls with the Clap Nets?
Best of all, it's all set around Essex / East London. It sounds like your brother will absolutely recognise the craic here. F**