THE NATURALIST IN LA PLATA
de Hudson, W. H
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1895.. Large octavo. Blue-green cloth, with pictorial stamping in black and off-white, edges untrimmed. Frontis, plates and illustrations by J. Smit. Extremities rubbed, slightly cocked, inner hinges strained (but sound), scattered foxing, but a good copy. Second "edition" (i.e. printing) of the first of Hudson's books to achieve some popular success, spurred on by an enthusiastic review by A. R. Wallace. One of 750 copies. Inscribed by Hudson on the verso of the front free endsheet: "To G.E. Fritche from W.H. Hudson July 26, 1892." The first printing appeared in February, the second in June. Fritche and his wife turn up for mention in the publications of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and various publications of British horticultural societies. PAYNE A5a(n).
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- THE NATURALIST IN LA PLATA
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- Hudson, W. H
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Inscribed
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- G
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
