The Purple Land
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1935.
The exuberant, often wryly comic, first-person account of a young Englishman's imprudent adventures, set against a background of political strife in nineteenth-century Uruguay. Eloping with an Argentine girl, young Richard Lamb makes an implacable enemy of his teenage bride's father. Leaving her behind, he goes ignorantly forth into the interior of the country to seek his fortune and is eventually imprisoned and persecuted by the vengeful father. His narrative closes as he sets off on still another impetuous quest..
Condition grading: Good Minus. Heavy wear to right edge centre section of front cover. Crease to rear cover top corner. Bright covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1935.
The exuberant, often wryly comic, first-person account of a young Englishman's imprudent adventures, set against a background of political strife in nineteenth-century Uruguay. Eloping with an Argentine girl, young Richard Lamb makes an implacable enemy of his teenage bride's father. Leaving her behind, he goes ignorantly forth into the interior of the country to seek his fortune and is eventually imprisoned and persecuted by the vengeful father. His narrative closes as he sets off on still another impetuous quest..
Condition grading: Good Minus. Heavy wear to right edge centre section of front cover. Crease to rear cover top corner. Bright covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1935.
The exuberant, often wryly comic, first-person account of a young Englishman's imprudent adventures, set against a background of political strife in nineteenth-century Uruguay. Eloping with an Argentine girl, young Richard Lamb makes an implacable enemy of his teenage bride's father. Leaving her behind, he goes ignorantly forth into the interior of the country to seek his fortune and is eventually imprisoned and persecuted by the vengeful father. His narrative closes as he sets off on still another impetuous quest..
Condition grading: Good Minus. Heavy wear to right edge centre section of front cover. Crease to rear cover top corner. Bright covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
