TARKA THE OTTER. 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. Illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe.

WILLIAMSON, HENRY. TUNNICLIFFE, C. F., illustrated by.

Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons. Printed by The Shenval Press., London and New York, 1927

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FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. xiv + 278 + [2] pp., including colophon. Bound in original green cloth, gilt, with gilt block of owl device on front board, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper, with illustration from p.193, which has sunned spine with edge wear, chips at corners and head and tail of spine and some darkening of rear wrapper. A little wear to extremities, a few fore edge spots and browning of flyleaf margins, but otherwise a very good copy. Bookseller's label of Broadbent, Ilkley on rear pastedown. Illustrated by 23 full page wood engravings, including frontispiece and by 16 tailpiece line drawings, all by Tunnicliffe. Decorated by owl device on title page. First format printing of the first illustrated edition of Tarka the Otter, with the illustration taken from p.193, later replaced by the frontispiece in reprints. The colophon has the addition 'and illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe by the Taw and Torridge Rivers in 1932' The novel was begun by Williamson in June 1923 and finished in February 1927 in the village of Ham, Devon. The text and introduction is based on the the fourth text, with the changes noted in Matthews, A8 1928f. The first book illustrated by Henry Frederick Tunnicliffe, RA. (1901-790), the famous animal painter, who went on to illustrate several later works by Williamson. (Matthews, Henry Williamson A Bibliography A8 1932 i)). FICTION WILLIAMSON LIT. FICTION ANIMALS 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED FICTION. Seller Inventory # 28290

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Title: TARKA THE OTTER. His Joyful Water-Life and ...

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Printed by The Shenval Press., London and New York

Publication Date: 1927