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HENRY WILLIAMSON: GOODBYE WEST COUNTRY/DEVON/ 1938 1ST GOODBYE WEST COUNTRY. BY HENRY WILLIAMSON. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. First Edition. Very Scarce. A nice First Edition copy of this scarce and fascinating account, with illustrations, from one of the most accurate and expressive of English naturalists, a friend of T.E. Lawrence of Arabia and Yeats. Published more than 70 years ago, this book is now long out of print and scarce and comparable copies can sell for between $35 and $100+. Such a nice copy is not likely to come up for sale again soon on ebay.From the Dust Jacket: "Henry Williamson served through the War as Lieutenant in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. On his demobilization, he found refuge in a tiny stone hut on the Devon Moors, and t he lived the life of a hermit, studying the weasels, snakes, rabbits, falcons, stags, and otters who were his closest neighbors, and fraternizing over small beer with the rustics in the tiny village pub. It was a healing experience after the long ordeal of the War. From the days of minute and unhurried observation came Mr. Williamson's first writing - short stories and essays which caught the eye of John Galsworthy and which were early printed in the 'Atlantic Monthly.' "After his marriage, Mr. Williamson moved to more spacious quarters, but the Devon Moors were still his chosen home and their flora and fauna the chief concern of his mind and heart. His country books - 'Tarka the Otter,' 'Salar the Salmon,' 'The Old Stag and Other Stories,' and 'Linhay on the Downs' - established him as the most accurate and expressive of English naturalists. "In 1936 Mr. Williamson realized that his family had outgrown its Devon farm. He realized that he himself needed fresh fields to explore. With this determination, he brought his days in Devon to an end. 'Goodbye West Country' is the journal of his last year on the Devon Moors. In its vivid passages we follow the outward activities and the intellectual problems of a naturalist who is also a great writer. We see Mr. Williamson at his salmon hatchery and in his trout pools; we see him in the fields as he follows his beloved falcons or lies watching the otters at play. We follow his friendships with those two tragic figures, T. E. Lawrence and Victor Yeats, the airman. We see the literary aspirations and the craftsmanship which Mr. Williamson brings to his own writing. We watch the extraordinary training which he gives to his five children and we feel the affiction with which he takes his last lingering look at this West Country before pulling up his roots and moving to his new farm in Norfolk." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thick Octavo - sized hardcover book with a dust jacket; 369 pages of text and 8 black-and-white plates. Very Good condition book: no torn or missing pages, no writing or markings in the text, a few uncut pages, no ownership markings. Original binding, with gilt lettering on the spine, light wear to edges and spinetips. Dust Jacket in Good condition with wear, fraying and tears, not price-clipped [price $3.00]. A solid and attractive copy of this scarce book. Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $13; Canadian airmail postage $10. NO RESERVE $4.00 for Media Mail postage within the United States. . 
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