First Edition of Author's First Book
Purple Land that England Lost. Travels and Adventures in the Banda Oriental, South America.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1885.
First edition of the author's first book, without the half-titles and the ads. Two twelvemo volumes (73/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 124 mm). iv, [1]-286; iv, [1]-265, [1, colophon] pp.
Publisher's original blue cloth. Spines lettered and ruled in gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Cloth slightly rubbed, otherwise about fine. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Hudson, an "English naturalist and novelist, born in Argentina of American parentage. He became a naturalized British subject in 1900. He is best known for his writings on nature subjects, especially those with Argentine background." (Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia).
HBS 65535.
$3,000.
Price: $3,000.00
Item #65535