Author: W. H. Hudson
Title: The Purple Land: Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb&Apos;S Adventures in the Banda Oriental in South America, As Told by Himself
Description: 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.
Keywords: w h hudson the purple land uruguay adventure fiction the purple land Keith Henderson
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Title: The Purple Land: Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb&Apos;S Adventures in the Banda Oriental in South America, As Told by Himself
Description: 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.
Keywords: w h hudson the purple land uruguay adventure fiction the purple land Keith Henderson
Price: GBP 190.00 = appr. US$ 271.32 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 753R33
- Book number: 753R33
See more books from our catalog: English Literature Pre 1900