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Overseas editions: dustwrappers and covers
A selection of editions published in the United States heads this list. Tarka the Otter has been translated into many different languages, and a representative sample is shown here; they are presented in country order. Owners of editions not shown here are welcome to submit scans and publication details to the webmaster.
United States
1928. E. P. Dutton and Company, New York:
1949. E. P. Dutton and Company, New York:
1960. Random House, in their Looking Glass Library:
1967. Avon Books, a division of the Hearst Corporation (paperback):
1990. Beacon Press, Boston (paperback):
2020. New York Review of Books (paperback); the cover image, Fishing Otter, is by the noted British print-maker and illustrator Angela Harding. This edition includes HW's 'The Gentleman's River', his essay on the River Taw that appeared in The Henry Williamson Animal Saga (1960), and Tunnicliffe's illustrations, which have reproduced well. As in the first edition of Tarka, each page is headed by a place name that locates the scene on that page.
Czechoslovakia
1938. First Czech edition, hardback; Družstevní práce, Praha. The title, Tarka, vodní poutník, translates as 'Tarka, water pilgrim':
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1969. Hardback; Klub mladych ctenaru (KMC), Praha. This edition, translated by Marketa Slonkova, is beautifully illustrated by Mirko Hanak. The cover, endpapers and a sample illustration are shown here:
Denmark
1964. Forlaget Fremad, Denmark:
France
1930. Librairie Stock, Paris. The advertisement shown on the right of the cover was inserted into this particular copy of the book:
1975. Editions Stock, Paris (Livres de nature series):
Germany
1929. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin:
1930. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig. Tauchnitz specialised in printing inexpensive paperback books in the English language. Their Collection of British and American Authors series was started in 1841, eventually running to over 5000 volumes. To comply with copyright, this particular edition is marked 'Not to be introduced into the British Empire':
1932. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin. A version for children that covers only the first year of Tarka's life:
1963. Scherz, Bern, Stuttgart and Vienna. The company was founded by Alfred Scherz, a bookseller in Bern, in 1938. Its edition of Tarka is included in the German section here as it is in the German language:
Italy
1930. Fratelli Treves Editori, Milan:
1969. Valentino Bompiani & C. S.p.A.:
Japan
no date (and no publishing information - any Japanese readers who can help?) There are two editions of which we are aware: the cover and first page of one, and the dust wrapper spread of the other are shown here:
Netherlands
no date. Van Holkema & Warendorf, Amsterdam:
Sweden
1932. Bokförlaget Natur och Kultur, Stockholm:
1960. B. Wahlströms Bokförlag, Stockholm:
USSR
1979. Publisher unknown, Moscow (any Russian readers out there who could help?):
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