The Warwick Woodlands

by [SPORT] "Frank Forester" [Pseud: HERBERT, William Henry]

$250 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934. First, Limited Edition. Octavo. 24cm. No. 25 of 250 Copies. Publisher's maroon leatherette titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board, with gilt ruling to front board. 200pp. Solid and handsome, a little scuffing to the edges of the spine panel, and with a slight lean; internally clean and fresh, dusty pink endpapers, color frontis. and illustrated title page, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, illustrated by Robert Ball. A very good copy of a rather deluxe Derrydale limited edition. Henry Herbert was a rather tragic figure, seemingly continually falling short of his own expectations of himself, and who only seemed to find any sort of steady personal voice in his works under the Forester pseudonym, discussing the finer arts of shooting, fishing, and woodland stalking. A sort of wandering genetic remnant of several aristocratic British bloodlines, but frequently financially wobbly, and unable to get a steady footing, Herbert seems to have alienated most people in his circle at one time or another, and eventually shot himself in a full length mirror, after having thrown a party to which many were invited but none attended. Although his output included a slew of adventure novels and various other literary exploits, he is chiefly remembered for his wistful, keenly observed, and evocative accounts of woodland sporting activities.

• Publisher: The Derrydale Press
• Year: 1934
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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