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HUDSON, W. H. - The Purple Land (Modern Library #24. 2)

Title: The Purple Land (Modern Library #24. 2)
Description: New York: The Modern Library, [c.1931-39]. Hardcover. W. H. Hudson's 1885 novel, set in the Uruguay of the 19th Century, was originally titled "The Purple Land that England Lost," and later was published as "The Purple Land, Being One Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Orientál, in South America, as told by Himself." Introduction by William McFee. --- In Toledano spine 7 / green balloon cloth / limp boards / gilt cover torchbearer / gilt spine titling with interconnected "ML" device / green topstain / orange Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1931-39 (no publication date appears in book). ML #24.2. --- With small holes at top and bottom of spine (which is also sunned) & age-toning to leaves, volume is otherwise tightly-bound and unmarked.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xvi, 389 pages. Good with no dust jacket .

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Modern Library Editions

Price: US$ 13.50 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 87359