The Purple Land: Being the Narrative of one Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Orientál, in South America, as told by Himself
by Hudson, W. H
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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Synopsis
This work was first issued in 1885, by Messrs. Sampson Low, in two slim volumes, with the longer, and to most persons, enigmatical title of The Purple Land That England Lost. A purple land may be found in almost any region of the globe, and 'tis of our gains, not our losses, we keep count. A few notices of the book appeared in the papers, one or two of the more serious literary journals reviewing it (not favourably) under the heading of Travels and Geography; but the reading public cared not to buy, and it very shortly fell into oblivion.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p0554
- Title
- The Purple Land: Being the Narrative of one Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Orientál, in South America, as told by Himself
- Author
- Hudson, W. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Fiction, Uruguay, Gauchos, Adventure, Signed Books
- Size
- Small Octavo
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