Tarka The Otter.
£100.00
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons. Printed at the Chiswick Press of Tooks Court, London.
Place
London and New York
Date
1927
Synopsis
His joyful water-life and death in the country of the two rivers. by henry williamson with an introduction by hon. sir john fortescue k.c.v.o. this edition limited to eleven hundred copies printed in england at the chiswick press, tooks court, london, of which one thousand copies only are for sale.
Item Description
SECOND LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION. Large 8vo. 9.75 x 6.75 inches. xii + 255 + [1] pp. colophon. Text in brown (titles, owl devices, headings, etc.) and black. Bound in quarter tan buckram, gilt, over brown cloth; spine with contrasting brown title label, gilt. Top edge gilt, others rough cut. A very good copy. Decorated by owl device on title page, by colophon and by deer slot design in Introduction and leaf design at the start of each paragraph in text, all in brown. Scarce copy of the second limited large paper edition of one thousand copies of Tarka the Otter. The novel was begun by Williamson in June 1923 and finished in February 1927 in the village of Ham, Devon (Matthews, Henry Williamson A Bibliography A8 1927b).
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