W. H. Hudson

The Purple Land: Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb&Apos;S Adventures in the Banda Oriental in South America, As Told by Himself

London, Duckworth, 1929. Cloth. An adventure novel set in 19th century Uruguay, illustrated and with a scarce dust wrapper. First published in 1885, this novel was originally released as 'The Purple Land that England Lost', and tells the tale of a young Englishman who marries a teenage Argentinian girl without asking her father for her hand, and the couple are forced to flee to Uruguay.  This edition contains a profuse number of vignette woodcut illustrations by Keith Henderson. In the publisher's original binding, with a scarce unclipped dust wrapper. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back.  Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years.  He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations.  His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration.  In a full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, some fading to the head of the spine. Dust wrapper has a large crack from the tail of the spine two inches up towards the rear cover and some loss to the paper at the head of the spine as well. There is a bookseller's sticker to the rear flap and the spine is sunned and rubbed. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown, gift inscription to front endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Keith Henderson. Near Fine/Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 753R33

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: w h hudson the purple land uruguay adventure fiction the purple land Keith Henderson

W. H. Hudson; Linda Gardiner

Rare Vanishing & Lost British Birds

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1923. First edition. Leather. A Bickers & Son bound first edition, signed presentation copy of this ornithological study of British birds by Linda Gardiner, adorned with charming coloured plates. The first edition of this work. Ornithological study on rare and lost British birds by Linda Gardiner, compiled from notes by William Henry Hudson, Anglo-Argentine naturalist and ornithologist. Species include pelican, crane, white spoonbill, avocet, great bustard, and many others.Signed presentation copy inscribed by Linda Gardiner to half title with best wishes. Adorned with twenty-five beautiful full page coloured plates by H. Gronvold.Prize binding awarded to C. C. Lack from the Gresham's School Halt for a public school essay competition of 1928, presented by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Rebound in full calf signed Bickers & Son with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, school gilt blind stamp to front board, renewed marbled endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, cracking along front joint, boards firm. Prize bookplate to front pastedown. Inscribed and signed by author to half title. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: H. Gronvold. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 831A38

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: first editions ornithology british birds illustrated ornithology H. Gronvold

HUDSON,W.H.

A SHEPERD'S LIFE:impressions of the South Wiltshire Down

London 1924,308 pp.,textill. (code B-191)

Moby DickProfessional seller

Book number: 2223

Catalogue: General

Hudson, W H

A Shepherd's Life.

Dent, 1943. Hard Cover, Everyman editon, with an Introduction by Ernest Rhys. 247pp, orange cloth covered boards. Series dustjacket with loss to the ends of the spine and corners. A couple od small spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise inernally clean. A classic account of rural life in Wiltshire... Very Good /Fair.

Hessay BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3334

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Countryside, Shepherd, Rural Life,essays, Salisbury, Winterbourne,Warminster

HUDSON, W.H.

A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs

United Kingdom: METHUEN & CO LTD, 1910. Second Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Bernard C Gotch. Good 2nd Edition hardcover (stated) with no dustjacket. Lightly rubbed green cloth boards, gilt titles, still quite bright. Spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some rubbing to spine edges. Some light foxing to tail. Binding shaken but secure. Internally, owner's name inked neatly to front endpaper. Some foxing to prelims. Pages bright and occasionally foxed. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 361 pages. Good+ with no dust jacket .

The Old Bookshelf, UKProfessional seller

Book number: 59528

Catalogue: Travel: Biography

Keywords: England Animal Husbandry

HUDSON, W.H.

A shepherd's life; An old thorn

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1961. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket . 1961 reprint, tightly bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped; wear to edges and corners, especially spine; spine a little faded. Otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_73874_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS296321I

HUDSON, W H

A Shepherd's Life Everyman's Library No. 926

J M Dent & Sons Ltd. 1961. hardcover, 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Previous owner's ink inscription. 1961 reprint. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 261222

Catalogue: Biography

HUDSON, W. H.

Shepherd's Life

The Bodley Head Ltd. 1987-10-19. (ISBN: 0370311019) hardcover, 25 to 30 cm tall, Quarto, (4to). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Very Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 260123

Catalogue: Nature and Wildlife

Keywords: 0370311019

Hudson, W.H.

A SHEPHERD’S LIFE Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs.

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1923. xv + 337pp. Edges and e.ps. browned, from the Library of Dr James Bynon, original bright gilt lettered green cloth with gilt device to upper board, minor marking and wear, t.e.g.
¶ One of the Collected Works of W.H. Hudson, one of 750 Copies.

Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 287122

Catalogue: NATURAL HISTORY: AGRICULTURE

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURE

W. H. Hudson

Shepherd&Apos;S Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1910. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated account of life as a shepherd in the South Wiltshire Downs. Second edition, November 1910. Originally published September 1910. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and many in-text images. An account of the author's life as a shepherd in the South Wiltshire Downs, with chapters on deer-stealers, poaching, foxes, sheep-dogs, people of the village, and the shepherd in the bible. Written by William Henry Hudson, an Anglo-Argentinian author, naturalist, and ornithologist remembered as a critic of Darwinism. Illustrated by Bernard Cecil Gotch, an English artist and teacher. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot and light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper dated 1910. Good . Ill.: Bernard C. Gotch. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 879T15

Catalogue: British Topography

Keywords: Shepherd's Life Hudson Gotch Life Bernard C. Gotch

HUDSON, W. H.

South American Romances

London, Duckworth. 1930, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, minor crease down slightly sunned spine. A clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 823pp. With seven WH Hudson stories including Purple Land and Green Mansions. Very Good (-)/No Jacket.

Godley BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 024301

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction

HUDSON, W. H.

South American Romances: Green Mansions; The Purple Land; El OmbU & Other Stories (Leviathan Series)

London, Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd. 1966. Hardcover. Used, Hardcover with jacket in good condition. 'New' edition, 1966. Unclipped jacket is marked and sunned. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn, creased and nicked. Hardcover is lightly worn and faded. Spine ends are bumped. Page block is lightly marked and sunned. Light scores and creases throughout pages. Text is clear throughout. HCW. Good.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 494383

Catalogue: Literature

HUDSON, W.H.

Tales of the Pampas

1916. HUDSON, W.H. TALES OF THE PAMPAS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916. First edition. Ink ownership and bookseller's label to ffep. 8vo. green cloth, title stamped red ink to spine and front board. Light shelfwear. Offsetting to free endpapers, else clean and crisp within. Very good plus, in a tattered dust jacket. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 77114

Hudson, W.H.; Reumaux, P.

Venins

Klincksieck 2015 206, 21 col plates. . PB. Vg. A few spots on the front cover.. Text French. Illustrated by Xavier Carteret.. [9782252039717]

Pemberley Natural History BooksProfessional seller

Book number: S37469

Catalogue: Zoology,General Zoology

Keywords: Venomous Animals