Green Mansions 

by 

W.H. Hudson

Illustrated by Keith Henderson

 Vintage Book

 J.J. Little & Ives Co. 

Illustrated Ed

Green Cover is in good condition.

 Binding is secure.  Pages are clean and complete...  

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Very heavy paper pages.. NO DATE anywhere in book.

Presumed 1st Edition.

W. H. Hudson. Green Mansion. New York: Three Sirens Press, no date. (c. 1930). Gorgeous black and white woodcut illustrations by Keith Henderson. 

First thus. Exotic Romance.

Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest (1904) is an exotic romance by William Henry Hudson about a traveler to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest-dwelling girl named Rima. 

Three Sirens Press was a New York based publisher active in the 1930s. It specialized in high quality editions of classic books, mostly books illustrated by well known illustrators. 

Their superbly illustrated Green Mansions, has over 20 striking woodcuts by Keith Henderson, including nine double-page spreads.

W.H. Hudson, in full William Henry Hudson, (1841-1922), British author, naturalist, and ornithologist, best known for his exotic romances, especially Green Mansions. Keith Henderson OBE RP RSW RWS ROI (1883 – 1982) was a Scottish painter who worked in both oils and watercolors, and who is known for his book illustrations and his poster work for London Transport and the Empire Marketing Board. He had a long professional career that included periods as a war artist in both the First World War, in which he served in the trenches, and in the Second World War. 

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