EL OMBÚ.
by HUDSON, W.H. (William Henry), 1841-1922 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Duckworth & Co., 1902. First edition : the cloth issue. Two short stories and two novellas, all set in South America. "They are, really, studies in anthropology ... descriptive cameos - there is no word wanting, there is no word wasted - he gives us precisely the true impression as none but a master of the craft could give it" (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 30th April 1902). Crown 8vo (19cm). [viii],182,[ii]pp. Original green cloth, ruled, blocked and lettered in black in Duckworth's Greenback Library format; just a touch of rubbing; a little spotting of endpapers and edges, but a very good and bright copy. With the contemporary bookplate of Robert Washington Oates (1874-1958), creator of the Gilbert White Museum at Selborne, etc. A small contemporary press portrait of Hudson has been attached to the front free endpaper. Payne 21b.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12912
- Title
- EL OMBÚ.
- Author
- HUDSON, W.H. (William Henry), 1841-1922 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Duckworth & Co., 1902.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Fiction, South America
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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