HUDSON W.H. - Green Mansions a Romance of the Tropical ForestNew York: Random House, 1944. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kauffer McNight E.. Pictorial cover, E. McKnight Kauffer (illustrator) , yellow spine with green and yellow patterned boards. Book is very good with full page color illustrations through the book. Title on spine is rubbed / spine stained. This book is encased in a slip cover with a face plate. Slip cover has edge wear and bottom edge is coming apart. "A master of natural history writing, W. H. Hudson forms an important link between nineteenth-century Romanticism and the twentieth-century ecological movement. First published in 1904, Green Mansions is a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature, and the bitter reality of the encounter between savage and civilized man." ; Color Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 303 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket . USD 35.25 [Appr.: EURO 32.75 | £UK 28.25 | JP¥ 5494] Book number 1243is offered by:
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