Hudson, W. H. - The Purple Land: Being the Narrative of one Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Oriental, in South America, as told by HimselfJ.M. Dent and Sons Ltd. London, 1951. First Thus, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Hudson was born in Argentina & spent over thirty years there before moving to England in 1874 so, although this was written as a novel, the background is as authentic as an early travelogue & the appendix gives a brief history of the Banda Oriental. B/w. frontis. portrait of the author aged about twenty-five. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 366 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's gift inscription in ink to front end-paper. Gilt titles spine. light fading to bottom of spine. red cloth. Includes appendix. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Novel; South America; Uruguay; Travel & Places. Inventory No: 3754. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 12 US$ 12.72 | JP¥ 1994] Book number 3754is offered by:
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