Henry Williamson — As the Sun Shines

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1941. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this novel by the award-winning author Henry Williamson, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Ink inscription to the front free end paper. Henry Williamson (1895-1977) was an English writer who wrote stories concerned with wildlife, English social history and ruralism. He was awarded the Hawthornden Prize for literature in 1928 for his book Tarka the Otter, which is included in this collection of his short stories. Other stories included in this volume are his first published book The Beautiful Years (1921); The Wet Flanders Plain (1929) and The Patriot's Progress (1930) which are based on his wartime experiences; and The Story of a Norfolk Farm (1941), an account of his first years of farming in Stiffkey, Norfolk. In publisher's original cloth binding, with original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in bright and lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is mostly bright except for sunning to the spine and soiling to the folds. A little chipping to the upper extremities of the wrap. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.