ALLAN'S WIFE AND OTHER TALES.
by HAGGARD, H. Rider (Sir Henry Rider), 1856-1925 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Spencer Blackett, 1889. First edition. The title story and three further Quatermain tales, "Hunter Quatermain's Story", "A Tale of Three Lions" and "Long Odds". "The most notable conception in Mr. Rider Haggard's new volume of stories ... is surely the baboon-woman, Hendrika" (St. James's Gazette, 18th December 1889). Crown 8vo (184 x 128mm). 334,[iv] + (32)pp inserted advertisements dated September 1889. Frontispiece and seven full-page illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen (1862-1931) and Charles Kerr (1858-1907), with numerous further text illustrations, decorative devices and initials. Bound in a stylish later (mid twentieth-century) full tan calf, banded and richly gilt, contrasting red and blue labels, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, by Bayntun; some mild rubbing to head and joints; a few faint marks and spots, but a very good copy. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38567
- Title
- ALLAN'S WIFE AND OTHER TALES.
- Author
- HAGGARD, H. Rider (Sir Henry Rider), 1856-1925 :
- Illustrator
- Maurice Greiffenhagen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Spencer Blackett, 1889.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Fiction, Fine Binding
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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- First Edition
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- New
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Calf
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