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FARSON, DANIEL: : Henry - An Appreciation of Henry Williamson. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD.,1982.

ISBN 0718121228.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,[illustrated],1st edn.FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn but author's neat, handwritten black ink inscrptn thus: 'Signed by the author  Daniel Farson Appledore 1982' [and printed with Williamson's initialled,owl-sketch in black ink characteristic signature which also appears at end of the text on the last page] to the title page and no price-clip to the dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photographic subject's portrait to a black background, illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white-lettered part+sub-title to top edge and author's capitalised,white-lettered name to lower edge, black spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered part title [Henry] and author's name,as the front's and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with a b/w photograph of the author with the subject,at Ox's Cross,Norfolk in 1975.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and exceptionally clean without ageing/toning, and without spotting/foxing; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – virtually pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate repeated b/w illustrated endpapers of portrait of Tarka by Henry's friend,Barry Driscoll,who illustrated 'Tarka the Otter' for the Nonesuch Press in 1964.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,[illustrated],author SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xpp+1-245pp [paginated] includes author's Acknowledgements+publisher's footnote to same,author's Introduction,Pts 1 & 2 comprising 7 chapters each respectively,12pp of subject's contemporary b/w biographical photographs,other b/w illustration reproductions - Tunnecliffe's frntis+another illustration from the 'Tarka' title,b/w newspaper photgraphs,and b/w Edward Seago portrait of subject,intespersed in 3 blocks of 4pp apiece,between pp54/55, pp102/03 and pp166/67 respectively and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a dedication [to Mary and George Heath of Torridge Books,Langtree,North Devon,collectors and booksellers of Henry Williamson books+documents,and from whom,I have personally bought such and other titles],with a personal letter from subject to author reproduced to its reverse,individual Pts separator pages: Pt 1 with a b/w lino-cut illustration by  William Kermode from 'The Patriot's Progress'; Pt 2 with a prose extract from Henry's inscrptn to Edward Stokes on his personal copy of 'The Peregrine's Saga'. Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 40+ year-old age.It really is a remarkable and exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of any other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of this age.                On 1 December 1975,Henry Williamson - author of the great nature classic,'Tarka the Otter',and of two remarkable sagas ('The Flax of Dream' and 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight') which gained the highest critical acclaim - celebrated his eightieth birthday.In normal circumstances such an anniversary would have merited public recognition,even a public honour: Williamson received none.                             No English writer of his status has been so ignored. Why? The answer is simple: in the 1930's,he was a supporter of Sir Oswald Mosley and in a foreword of one of his books,had re-iterated his praise for him.In the public's mind he was branded a Fascist and an admirer of Adolf Hitler; and he has never been forgiven.          In this personal memoir,author and journalist Daniel Farson,who new Willaimson from childhood, looks at the man and the myth.                    Daniel Farson was a friend and neighbour of Williamson for a quarter of a century,Drawing on his own memories and those of a wide range of Williamson's distinguished contemporaries and friends,Farson looks beyond the prejudice and controversy surrounding this lonely genius in a moving and sensitive portrayal of one of the greatest English writers of that century.        Daniel James Negley Farson (8th January,1927 – 27th November,1997) was a British writer and broadcaster,strongly identified with the early days of commercial television in the UK,when he worked for Associated-Rediffusion,the first British commercial television company,in the mid-1950s.Here he took risks that few television interviewers of the day would or could; his sharp,investigative style contrasted with the conservative BBC's more deferential culture of the time. While living at his father's old house in North Devon Farson established a close friendship with Henry Williamson,an Agrarian Right ally of James Wentworth Day,and later he paid tribute to Williamson with this book,published in 1982,five years after Williamson's death.                  'Sacred Monsters' (1988) is a collection of essays on artists and writers Farson had known. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! 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