Morning Star
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, London, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910. A fantasy romance set in ancient Egypt. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Red cloth binding titled in black on the front cover; gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 308 pages. Colour frontis illustration by A.C. Michael; two others within. Slight fading to the spine. Minor rubbing to the margins with small bump to front bottom corner; small scuff on the front cover. A solid copy. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A.C. Michael. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Haggard's classic Egyptian novel, filled with magic, wandering Kas (or spirit-doubles), old gods, romance, and adventure -- as only Haggard could write it! Features an introduction by Lin Carter.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005885
- Title
- Morning Star
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Illustrator
- A.C. Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, London, Bombay and Calcutta
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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