Considered a classic at the time of its publication in 1910, A Shepherd’s Life is a rare account of the lives of those who lived on and worked the land in nineteenth-century rural Britain. A masterful work of prose, W. H. Hudson focuses on the story of one man, a Wiltshire shepherd named Caleb Bawcombe, whose tales of sheep dogs, farmer’s wives, poachers and local fairs become a sublime account of a way of life that has largely disappeared from these shores. With wood engravings by Reynold Stone.

Publisher: Compton Press
Date Published: 1978
Book Condition: Very good hardcover with minor fading to board and spine edges and minor bumping to spine edges. In a good price-clipped dust jacket protected by a plastic cover with no tape. Some minor tan spots to the inside flaps of the dust jacket. There is a previous owner’s inscription and a few tan spots on the half-title page and a few tan spots on the title and content pages. There is some tanning and tan spots to the text block edges. Otherwise, an unmarked copy internally.