Title:The Purple Land: Being the Narrative of one Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Oriental, in South America, as told by Himself
Author:Hudson, W. H.
Publisher:J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, London, 1951
Edition:First Thus
Binding:Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No
Hudson was born in Argentina & spent over thirty years there before moving to England in 1874 so, although this was written as a novel, the background is as authentic as an early travelogue & the appendix gives a brief history of the Banda Oriental. B/w. frontis. portrait of the author aged about twenty-five. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 366 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's gift inscription in ink to front end-paper. Gilt titles spine. light fading to bottom of spine. red cloth. Includes appendix. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Novel; South America; Uruguay; Travel & Places. Inventory No: 3754.