Shelfmark
Ls.4.46
Author
Title
Tarka the otter : his joyful water-life and death in the country of the two rivers / by Henry Williamson ; with an introduction by the Hon. Sir John Fortescue K.C.V.O.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : Privately printed for subscribers only [at the Chiswick Press], MCMXXVII [1927]
Physical description
xii, 255, [1] p. ; 25 cm.
Note
First, privately published edition.
Note
"Of this edition printed at the Chiswick Press ... on Englash handmade paper, one hundred numbered copies, signed by the author, are for sale to private subscribers only."--limitation statement leaf facing half-title.
Note
Henry Williamson's woodcut owl device printed in brown on title page.
Note
Printed in brown and black.
Note
Publisher's full vellum case binding; brown leather spine label.
Binding
In original binding; housed in modern cloth slipcase.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy is no. 69 of 100, signed by Williamson and with his owl device in ink on the limitation leaf.
Subject
Otters.
Subject
Devon (England).
Added entry--name
Chiswick Press. printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B50147