W.H.Hudson - A Biography Tapa dura - 1982

London: Faber, 1982. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 314pp. Plates. Size: 8vo

Faber and Faber 1982 Hardback ISBN 0571105998 First edition. Cover is slightly creased on spine. Book is clean and unmarked. Dustwrapper has shelfwear and minor creasing at edges. Illustrated. 314 pages Wt 0.7 Kg Good (Good)

Faber and Faber Limited, London, first edition, 1982. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 314 pp, [8] pp of plates, ills, facs. From the blurb - "William Henry Hudson (1841- 1922) lived two lives, literally worlds apart: as a young adventurer in South America, and later as an English field naturalist, a wandering Gilbert White. Bom in wild surroundings on the pampas, he grew up among shepherds, gaucho herdsmen and vast flocks of wild birds. His boyhood was spent watching birds and snakes, and as a young man he travelled widely on horseback, visiting Brazil, Uruguay and Patagonia, making collections of birdskins and writing brilliant accounts of bird life which won the admiration of leading naturalists of the day, Darwin among them. Two South American bird species bear his name. Yet, when he came to England in 1874, aged 32, he could find no place in the world of professional natural history. For 18 years he lived in London in great poverty, until a book on the wild life of La Plata made his name. Thereafter he… Leer más

Hardback. Very Good.

Faber & Faber, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Faber and Faber. 1st printing (1982). 314pp. Near Fine/Near Fine copy, hint of sunning to jacket spine, price-clipped, now preserved in archival jacket protector . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1982.

Faber & Faber, 08/11/1982 00:00:01. hardcover. Like New. 3.3974 cent in x 21.7834 cent in x 14.5889 cent in.

U.S.A.: Faber & Faber, 1982 HARDBACK BOOK AND DUST JACKET IN FINE CONDITION,FIRST PUBLISHED 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Faber & Faber. HARDCOVER. 1982. 0571105998 :Subject:Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh . Good.

Faber and Faber, 1982-11-08. Hardcover. Good.