Green Mansions: A Romance Of The Tropical Forest

W. H HUDSON

Publication: Duckworth & Co, 1904, London

First edition, second state with publisher's device on the rear cover. Evidence of a small bookplate removal from the front pastedown sheet, else a near fine, bright copy. "A failed revolutionary attempt drives Abel to seek refuge in the primeval forests of south-western Venezuela. There, in the 'green mansions,' he encounters the wood-nymph Rima, the last survivor of a mysterious aboriginal race. The love that flowers between them is soon overshadowed by cruelty and sorrow. Green Mansions offers its readers a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature, and the bitter reality of the encounter between savage and civilized man."

Inventory Number: 49847