By Charles G. D. Roberts
London   Duckworth & Company
7.5" by 5.5" [6], vii-xi, [3], 15-374pp
The first UK edition of Roberts' 'animal stories', wonderfully illustrated throughout by Bull, presented in a half-crushed morocco prize binding.
By Charles G. D. Roberts

1903 The Kindred of the Wild: A Book of Animal Life

London   Duckworth & Company
7.5" by 5.5" [6], vii-xi, [3], 15-374pp
The first UK edition of Roberts' 'animal stories', wonderfully illustrated throughout by Bull, presented in a half-crushed morocco prize binding.
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First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Signed Binding

First UK Edition, scarce. 

Bound in a half crushed-morocco binding on cloth boards for the King Edward VI Grammar School by the Cornish Brothers.

Illustrations include a frontispiece and fifty black-and-white illustrated plates by Charles Livingston Bull (1874-1932), an American illustrator. Bull studied taxidermy and is best known for his wildlife illustrations, as well as his army recruitment posters. 

This is a wonderful collection of animal-focused short stories by Roberts, which combines elements of natural history with fiction. Roberts referred to the animal story as a 'potent emancipator' that helps humanity to 'return to nature, without requiring that we at the same time return to barbarism.' In this short stories, the reader must empathise with the wild animal as the story is told from their own point-of-view. 

Stories include 'The Moonlight Trails', 'The Lord of the Air', 'The Haunter of the Pine Gloom', and 'A Treason of Nature'. Some literary critics interpret the animal stories to be an allegory for Canadian nationhood, with the brutal lives of the animals being a reflection of 'Canada's fate in dealing with the United States'.

Charles G. D. Roberts (1860-1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer, who published various works on exploration, natural history, verse, and travel. He is often referred to as the 'Father of Canadian Poetry', and served as an inspiration for many other nationalist poets of the time. 

With an ink inscription to the front free endpaper, which reads 'Practical Chemistry Prize Division B, 1903. B. H. Ebans.'

Collated, complete.

Condition

Bound in half-crushed morocco on cloth boards. Externally, smart. Rubbing and wear to the extremities and the spine, with light fading to spine. Prize inscription to front free endpaper.Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light age-toning to pages. Plates are bright and clean.

Very Good

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