GREEN MANSIONS: A Romance of the Tropical Forest. With an Introduction by Wm. Beebe

LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, One of only 1500 hand-numbered copies signed by Edward A. Wilson. With lovely half-page illustrations in colour by Edward A. Wilson. 4to, in the publisher's original palm-leaf motif paper-covered boards backed in tan linen, the spine lettered in red, in the rarely preserved glassine wrapper and the original dark green paper-covered slipcase with printed label. xvi, 206 pp. A very fine copy, everything but the glassine is pristine and as new, both book and slipcase in essentially perfect condition, the glassine is very well preserved with a bit of wear to the tips.

Edizione: an impressive limited edition signed by famous illustrator edward a. wilson. wilson is probably best known for his illustrations for treasure island, but hudson's exotic romance set in the jungles of south america provided him with excellent material for the illustrations offered here.<br> the book was printed on fine paper at the franklin printing company in philadelphia and was designed by carl j. h. anderson.<br> a tremendous bestseller, green mountains can be characterized as "lost worlds" fiction, a genre whose cornerstones are h. rider haggard, edgar rice burroughs, robert e. howard, and arthur conan doyle. hudson's story however is unique for its evocative and almost lyrical prose style, as well as a very naturalist depiction of the guyana jungle.