A SHEPHERD'S LIFE IMPRESSIONS OF THE SOUTH WILTSHIRE DOWNS.

Hudson, W. H.:

Price: 750.00 USD

London: Methuen, [1910]., Large, thick octavo. Green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Frontis and illustrations by Bernard C. Gotch. Some slight tanning to endsheets and light rubbing at edges, fore-corners a trifle bumped, but a very good, bright copy. First edition. Inscribed by the author "To Harry Brooke & Dorothy [indecipherable] Wishing them every happiness from W.H. Hudson. Nov. 28, 1910." Formal publication took place in September. The first recipient was likely Henry Keppel Brooke (1879 - 1926), son of Hudson's good friend and patron of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Lady Margaret Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak, and her husband, Sir Charles Anthony Brooke. This copy is in Payne's primary binding, with the 32pp. inserted catalogue dated April 1910. The first printing consisted of 1500 copies for the British issue, and 1500 for distribution in the U.S. PAYNE A29a..