[Rarebooks] FS: Bound in the rough hide of a steer from the Argentine pampa with the hair still remaining

[Charles Agvent]

HUDSON, William Henry. FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO. A HISTORY OF MY EARLY 
LIFE. Buenos Aires: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Quarto (8-1/4" x 
10-3/4"), illustrated with lithographs by Raul Rosarivo. One of 1500 
copies SIGNED by the designer, Alberto Kraft, and the illustrator. 
Perhaps the most unique LEC binding, the upper half consisting of smooth 
rawhide with the title branded in and the lower half the rough hide of a 
steer from the Argentine pampa with the hair still remaining. Bound 
together and along the sides with rawhide thongs and with suede 
endpapers inside. About Fine, lacking the uncommon duswrapper and box. 
(#002714)        $200.00

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