Richard Hughes — The Wooden Shepherdess

London, Chatto & Windus, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of Richard Hughes' popular sequel to 'The Fox in the Attic', set in prohibition era America. First edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper, with a wraparound band. Written by British author Richard Hughes, as a sequel to his popular novel 'The Fox in the Attic', published in 1961. 'The Wooden Shepherdess' was the second installment in a trilogy entitled 'The Human Predicament&apos. In this particular novel, the protagonist, Augustie, is living in prohibition era America, seeing the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany. In the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper, with a wraparound band. Externally, lovely. Dust wrapper is also excellent, with one or two handling marks to the rear only. Wraparound has very minimal edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.