Cleopatra
by Haggard, H.Rider
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/GD/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "LONGMAN?S SILVER LIBRARY," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: New impression.* Date of Publication: 1902 (1890)* Publisher: Longmans Green & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Burgundy cloth, gilt title & logo to spine with gilt frame to front board. No bumps, minor rubs, slight marks to boards. Spine faded. GD* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned and illustrated end papers. Prize bookplate from Wesleyan Church adult Bible Class, to front paste down and owners name stamp to verso. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: B/w full page line drawings to frontis (tissue guarded) and throughout text.* Pages: 336 pp. text.* Description: Cleopatra is a classic ?historical? romance written by H. Rider Haggard. His portrait of Cleopatra is quite stunning, revealing her wit, her treachery, and her overwhelming presence. While much of the material on ancient Egyptian ritual is overdone, the often brilliant dialogue and the fateful interactions between the principal characters make the book quite unforgettable in comparison to Haggard's better known but more conventional adventure novels.* A VG+ copy with minor faults reducing it to GD. No dust jacket.*
Synopsis
"A Felony & Mayhem mystery"--T.p. verso. Originally published: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2003.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4343
- Title
- Cleopatra
- Author
- Haggard, H.Rider
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/GD/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Impression
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green
- Place of Publication
- London UK 316
- Date Published
- 1902-01-01
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