Description
Pre-owned. Williamson (1895 – 1977) was an English soldier, naturalist, farmer and ruralist writer, known for his natural history and social history novels, as well as for his fascist sympathies. In 1928 he won the Hawthornden Prize for literature, with his book ‘Tarka the Otter’. Henry Williamson is best known for a tetralogy of four novels which consists of ‘The Beautiful Years’ (1921), ‘Dandelion Days’ (1922), ‘The Dream of Fair Women’ (1924) and ‘The Pathway’ (1928). These novels are collectively known as ‘The Flax of Dream’ and they follow the life of Willie Maddison from boyhood to adulthood in a rapidly changing world. In good condition. Inscribed in pencil ‘£7.95 (1 of 500)’. In very good condition, with some sun bleaching around the spine area, minor creasing to the cover, otherwise no tanning, tearing or marks. First Edition. Paperback. Published by the Henry Williamson Society 1990
