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  "full": "\n**W. H. HUDSON. THE PURPLE LAND. 1927–1949. (ML 24)** \n\n#### 134a. First printing (1927) \n\n[within double rules] THE PURPLE LAND | [rule] | BY | W. H. HUDSON | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | WILLIAM McFEE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK \n\nPp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390]. [1–12]16 [13]8(8+3) \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv] *Introduction*, *Copyright,* 1927, *by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1927; v–vi PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION signed p. vi: W. H. H. | *September*, 1904.; vii–viii CONTENTS; ix–xvi INTRODUCTION TO “THE | PURPLE LAND” signed p. xvi: William McFee | Westport, Conn., | *December,* 1926; 1–389 text; [390] blank. \n\n> *Variant A:* Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390–400]. [1–12]16 [13–14]8. Contents (including *First* statement) as 134a except: [390–400] blank. *Note:* Priority with 134a not established. \n\n> *Variant B:* Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390–392]. [1–12]16 [13]12. Contents (including *First* statement) as 134a except: [390–392] blank. *Note:* *First* statement omitted from later printings in balloon cloth binding. \n\n> *Variant C:* Pagination and collation as variant B. Contents as variant B except: [iv] manufacturing statement. (*Balloon cloth binding*) \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B. \n\n> Text on front:
 Joseph Conrad wrote of W. H. Hudson: “You can’t tell how this fellow gets his effects. He writes as the grass grows; the good God makes it there, and that is all there is to it.” Possibly it was because he was not overly occupied with “getting an effect”, that Hudson’s prose steals upon us like a change in the evening sky, or on the surface of the sea at sunrise. \n> The Purple Land of which Hudson writes has vanished and become the model republic of Uruguay. Roads and railways cut through the vast savannahs over which Hudson’s youthful hero rode. The incredibly innocent and romantic young ladies whom he met have borne daughters, who visit Paris and New York and take back with them shingled heads, golf-sticks and police dogs. The golden age of the Banda Oriental is gone, but it is preserved forever in the crystal clarity of these pages, the legacy of one of the great spirits of his age. (*Spring 1927*) \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Spring 1929*) \n\n> Front flap:
 Whether considered as a romance, a book of travel and geography, a naturalist’s excursion, or a nostalgic remembrance, *The Purple Land* retains through the years an undimmed charm. The crystalline quality of its prose, the leisurely pace at which it rambles through the wide savannahs and sweeping pampas give it the serene simplicity of greatness. It captures the spirit of a glamorous lost land and conveys the power and imaginative insight of its famous chronicler. *The Purple Land* is a companion volume in the Modern Library to *Green Mansions* (No. 89.) (*Spring 1934*) \n\nOriginally published in U.S. by E. P. Dutton and Co., 1905, using sheets of the second impression of the 1904 English edition; first American edition published by Dutton, 1916, with an introductory note by Theodore Roosevelt (Payne, p. 17). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1927. *WR* 12 March 1927. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1949. \n\nCerf offered McFee \\$50 to write the introduction to *The* *Purple Land* and also expressed interest in including one of his books, especially *Captain Macedoine’s Daughter*, in the ML (Cerf to McFee, 26 August 1926; McFee to Cerf, 28 August 1926). McFee’s *Casuals of the Sea* (223) was published in the ML in 1931. \n\nSales of *The Purple Land* during the first six months of 1928 placed it 67th out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was at the bottom of the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. \n\n#### 134b. Title page reset (c. 1941) \n\nTHE | PURPLE | LAND | BY W. H. HUDSON | INTRODUCTION BY | WILLIAM McFEE | [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule] \n\nPp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390–400]. [1–13]16 \n\nContents as 134a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [391–396] ML list; [397–398] ML Giants list; [399–400] blank. (*Spring 1944*) \n\n*Jacket:* Non-pictorial in solid deep violet (208) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 134a jacket B. (*Fall 1944*) \n\nAlso in the Modern Library
 Hudson, *Green Mansions* (1921–1970) 90; (Illustrated ML, 1944–1950) IML 13 \n\n",
  "id": "134",
  "year": "1927",
  "label": "W. H. HUDSON. THE PURPLE LAND. 1927–1949. (ML 24)",
  "author": "W. H. HUDSON",
  "title": "THE PURPLE LAND.",
  "date": "1927–1949.",
  "something": "ML 24",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "id": "134a",
      "title": "First printing (1927) ",
      "full": "\n\n[within double rules] THE PURPLE LAND | [rule] | BY | W. H. HUDSON | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | WILLIAM McFEE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK \n\nPp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390]. [1–12]16 [13]8(8+3) \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv] *Introduction*, *Copyright,* 1927, *by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1927; v–vi PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION signed p. vi: W. H. H. | *September*, 1904.; vii–viii CONTENTS; ix–xvi INTRODUCTION TO “THE | PURPLE LAND” signed p. xvi: William McFee | Westport, Conn., | *December,* 1926; 1–389 text; [390] blank. \n\n> *Variant A:* Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390–400]. [1–12]16 [13–14]8. Contents (including *First* statement) as 134a except: [390–400] blank. *Note:* Priority with 134a not established. \n\n> *Variant B:* Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390–392]. [1–12]16 [13]12. Contents (including *First* statement) as 134a except: [390–392] blank. *Note:* *First* statement omitted from later printings in balloon cloth binding. \n\n> *Variant C:* Pagination and collation as variant B. Contents as variant B except: [iv] manufacturing statement. (*Balloon cloth binding*) \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B. \n\n> Text on front:
 Joseph Conrad wrote of W. H. Hudson: “You can’t tell how this fellow gets his effects. He writes as the grass grows; the good God makes it there, and that is all there is to it.” Possibly it was because he was not overly occupied with “getting an effect”, that Hudson’s prose steals upon us like a change in the evening sky, or on the surface of the sea at sunrise. \n> The Purple Land of which Hudson writes has vanished and become the model republic of Uruguay. Roads and railways cut through the vast savannahs over which Hudson’s youthful hero rode. The incredibly innocent and romantic young ladies whom he met have borne daughters, who visit Paris and New York and take back with them shingled heads, golf-sticks and police dogs. The golden age of the Banda Oriental is gone, but it is preserved forever in the crystal clarity of these pages, the legacy of one of the great spirits of his age. (*Spring 1927*) \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Spring 1929*) \n\n> Front flap:
 Whether considered as a romance, a book of travel and geography, a naturalist’s excursion, or a nostalgic remembrance, *The Purple Land* retains through the years an undimmed charm. The crystalline quality of its prose, the leisurely pace at which it rambles through the wide savannahs and sweeping pampas give it the serene simplicity of greatness. It captures the spirit of a glamorous lost land and conveys the power and imaginative insight of its famous chronicler. *The Purple Land* is a companion volume in the Modern Library to *Green Mansions* (No. 89.) (*Spring 1934*) \n\nOriginally published in U.S. by E. P. Dutton and Co., 1905, using sheets of the second impression of the 1904 English edition; first American edition published by Dutton, 1916, with an introductory note by Theodore Roosevelt (Payne, p. 17). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1927. *WR* 12 March 1927. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1949. \n\nCerf offered McFee \\$50 to write the introduction to *The* *Purple Land* and also expressed interest in including one of his books, especially *Captain Macedoine’s Daughter*, in the ML (Cerf to McFee, 26 August 1926; McFee to Cerf, 28 August 1926). McFee’s *Casuals of the Sea* (223) was published in the ML in 1931. \n\nSales of *The Purple Land* during the first six months of 1928 placed it 67th out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was at the bottom of the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. \n\n"
    },
    {
      "id": "134b",
      "title": "Title page reset (c. 1941) ",
      "full": "\n\nTHE | PURPLE | LAND | BY W. H. HUDSON | INTRODUCTION BY | WILLIAM McFEE | [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule] \n\nPp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390–400]. [1–13]16 \n\nContents as 134a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [391–396] ML list; [397–398] ML Giants list; [399–400] blank. (*Spring 1944*) \n\n*Jacket:* Non-pictorial in solid deep violet (208) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 134a jacket B. (*Fall 1944*) \n\nAlso in the Modern Library
 Hudson, *Green Mansions* (1921–1970) 90; (Illustrated ML, 1944–1950) IML 13 \n\n"
    }
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