Search Results: the naturalist in la plata by wh hudson

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., [1988]. Octavo, softbound, 416 pp. Near-Fine. Illustrated. “To the eyes of the uneducated observer, the pampas -- vast treeless plains stretching across central Argentina -- represent a monotonous and unending sea of grass. To author, naturalish and ornithologist William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), this land devoid of mountains, woods, lakes and riverrs was a fascinating showcase for natur’es masterpeices, a place where he spent his childhood studying plant and animal life and becoming an acute observer of countless human and natural dramas...Hudson’s celebrated classic, reprinted here in an unabridged and unaltered edtion, offers an engrossing view of a region that encompasses 200,000 square miles and extends from the Atlantic Coast to the foothills of Andes. It is a world abounding in nature’s noble and beautiful forms and filled with a polyglot of sounds -- from the varied cries of its mriad creatures to the whistling of the wind as it sweeps… Read More

E.P. Dutton & Co., 1922. Hardcover. Good. .

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. 394 p. 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. Several illustrations. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers- a bit heavier at corners, spine lightly darkened, edges of text block lightly yellowed, pages clean, binding loose but fine.

J.M. Dent & Sons, 1922. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1050grams, ISBN:

Appleton and Co., 1892-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Decorative cloth cover shows minor wear. Stamp and label of former owners in the prelims. Light foxing throughout.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's original green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.This copy has no previous inscriptions present.Firm binding with no hinge weakness.Complete with 29 b&w plates by Smit.Top edge of the book is stained green as issued.8vo 394pp First Edition Thus . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 1929.

J.M. Dent, 1929. New edition. Hard covers. V.g./No Jacket. Ink stamp on ffep. A classic work, reprinted from the original and very scarce edition of 1892.

J.M. Dent & Co., 1903. pp.x, 394 with b/w. plates and illus. throughout. Some foxing to end pages. Boards showing slight wear to top and bottom of spine o/w. a vg. copy. The main purpose of this work as stated by the author is ‘to sift and arrange the facts gathered concerning the habitats of animals’.

Dent, 1922. 6th Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Good, sound copy. Original publishers' green cloth. Spine lettering dulled. A little rubbed at extremities but a nice copy. Text block with some light foxing to first and last leaves. No inscriptions. ix + 394 pages, plates, index. Approx size 8" by 5.5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27712. .

Chapman & Hall, 1892. Book. Illus. by Smit, J.. Very Good. Hard Covers. 2nd Edition. 2nd edition. Edition of 750 copies. In green cloth. Front hinge starting to crack. couple corners lightly bumped. Previous owner name. Still a solid copy..

London: Dent, 1939. x, 394, b/w frontis, 5 b/w plates, text illus. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg.. Reprint of the 1929 edition. Illustrated by J. Smit. A nature classic, providing an unusual perspective on treeless grasslands of Argentina..

J.M. Dent & Co. Used - Good. 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. Pictorial boards. Gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Untrimmed edges. Illus. Ex-lib with typical markings. Light bubbling beneath cloth on front board and along spine. Both boards have been over opened but are still intact. Some shelf-wear along edges and corners. Text block toned. Good. (Subject: History).

London: Chapman and Hall, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Third edition. Octavo. 394pp. Illustrations by J. Smit. Publisher's teal cloth. Gift inscription and owner stamp on front pastedown, binding lightly worn, some offsetting on endpapers, a very good copy with the gilt title bright. Nature and wildlife of Argentina.

Chapman & Hall, 1892. Good; frayed spine edges, hinges starting. Decorated cloth; 388p., illus.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1892. First edition. Illustrated. vii, [1], 388 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary crimson morocco and marbled boards. Very good. First edition. Illustrated. vii, [1], 388 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wilson 6; Payne A5a (1000 copies printed); Casey Wood 393: 'charming work'; Hilton 4835; Spain & Spanish America I, 338

London: Chapman and Hall, 1892. First edition. Four plates and 22 in-text illustrations by J. Smit. vii, [1], 388 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green-blue pictorial cloth. Minor wear to corners, scattered minor foxing. Bookplate. First edition. Four plates and 22 in-text illustrations by J. Smit. vii, [1], 388 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation Copy. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "To Miss C.V. Hall/ with kindest regards/ from/ W.H. Hudson/ June 1894." A celebrated work on natural history and travels in the Argentine. Wilson 6; Payne A5a (1000 copies printed); Casey Wood 393: 'charming work'; Hilton 4835; Spain & Spanish America I, 338

London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1903. New Edition. . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. J. Smit. Signed. A Good copy in green cloth lettered in gold, top edge gilt. This edition with a new Preface by the author. Inscribed/signed by the author: "Will Rothenstein from his friend W.H.Hudson", and with the bookplate of artist Sir William Rothenstein inside the front cover. Rothenstein's portrait of Hudson hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, London.