Tarka the Otter. His Joyful Water-Life & Death in the Country of the Two Rivers. With an Introduction by the Hon. Sir John Fortescue K.C.V.O.

London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. One of a limited edition of 1100 copies of which 1000 were for sale. xii, 255, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, by Bayntun/Riviere. Fine. One of a limited edition of 1100 copies of which 1000 were for sale. xii, 255, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Williamson (1895-1977), English novelist and nature writer, was a protege of Arnold Bennett, Thomas Hardy, and T.E. Lawrence, whose biography he was later to write. Perhaps his most famous book is this one, Tarka the Otter, which won the prestegious Hawthornden Prize for 1927. Another well-known title is Salar the Salmon (1935), dedicated to Lawrence.