DURRELL, Gerald (author); Ralph THOMPSON (illustrator). The Whispering Land. London: Rupert Hart-Davis. 1961.
8vo. Original caramel linson boards, lettered in silver to spine, preserved in unclipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. [viii], 9-235; with 34 wonderful black-and-white drawings by Ralph Thompson; a few tiny spots to text block, small stains to first few leaves, otherwise both externally and internally very good; previous owner's signature to front free endpaper.
First edition. Durrell vividly describes his adventures observing and rescuing animals, including episodes in Patagonia and Argentina.
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