The Story Of an African Farm

New York: Wilmore-Andrews Publishing Co, 1895. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. [5], 8-391, [1] [6] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Blue publisher's cloth with purple and silver decorations and silver lettering on the front board and spine. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Olive Schreiner". This is Schreiner's semi-autobiographical novel, and was a nearly-instant success. It is a staunchly feminist… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson, 1896. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. Cover slightly rubbed at extremities. Small stamp on the first blank and remnants of a small sticker. Rear hinges slightly weak. Top edges dusty. Internally clean & bright.. Hardback. Physically 7¾” x 5” (0.7 kg); 846pp; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and… Read more about this item

Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry, and Co. Gone are the days, we hope, that women had to use men's names in order to get their works published and then, hopefully purchased. Olive Schreiner writing as "Ralph Iron" presents here a fascinating view of South African farm life, with all the explosive elements of European imperialism and prejudice toward the native population intact,… Read more about this item

NY: A. L. Burt, c. 1910. Hardcover. Very Good +. 5 x 7 1/2 in. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. The Burt edition is an early reprint. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; slight edge wear, very clean covers, gilt bright. Binding and text great with PO's name on ffep. Fiction. Stax.

New York: Crown Publishers Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. 0517568039 . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 301 pages; Cover has minor fading and a small dot of white paint on the spine. .

London : Chapman & Hall, 1892. New edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of previous owner. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xv, 296 pages ; 18cm. ; illustrated. Notes; new edition.

Chapman and Hall, 1892. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Chapman and Hall 1892, Yellowback ""New Edition"". Hardcover with worn spine and binding. Condition: Fair. Clear, bright text.

Chapman and Hall, 1892. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Chapman and Hall 1892. Hardcover with tight but fragile binding. Condition: Fair. Clean and bright text.

New York: A. L. Burt Company. Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket. Condition is Good +. Text is clean & tight. PON on FFEP. Title page has a 3" closed tear next to the hinge. Brown boards are clean & bright with a couple of bumped corners. Undated hardcover from the early 1900s.

Donohue Brothers, 1883-01-01. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. NY: American Publishers, 1883. Second edition. A number of publications of this era bear this date. This title page has Olive Schreiner in parenthesis beneath the pseudonym. Red cloth.

Donohue & Henneberry, 1883-01-01. Hardcover. Good. HARDCOVER: Boards have light soiling, front hinge coming loose. Otherwise binding tight and no markings. Pages are tanned from age. From private collection. Ships same or next business day.

1910. Hardcover. Good.

New York: F. M. Lupton Book. Good+. Hardcover. Reprint.. New York: Reprint. Good+/No Dustjacket. Beige cloth boards with black, gold and yellow decoration. Gilt lettering on spine. Slight wear to corners and spine edges. Binding is tight, no cracking. Pages are clean but tanned. No names, writing or bookplates. 232 pgs..

Philadelphia,PA: Winston, 1900. Very Good. Reprint. Very good plus. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, cloth covers are rubbed on spine, corners and edges, clean text with yellowed edges and end pgs. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire… Read more about this item

Roberts Brothers, 1896. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Poor Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. Size: Small Octavo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, bar chips to top and/or bottom section of spine. Pages browned throughout. Edges badly foxed and browned. Text… Read more about this item

Chapman and Hall, 1892. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1892. No Edition Remarks. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose.Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have… Read more about this item

New York: Lovell Brothers and Company, 1892. 2nd Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second Edition, no date, ca. 1892. Hard cover 12mo in embossed gray cloth w/gold spine titles. Very Good/ No DJ (as issued?). Cloth rubbed, 1/4" tear at illegible crown, pages toned but supple and unmarked. 391pp inc.… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1890 new edition, navy cloth titled gilt to cover and spine, rubbed and worn to spine ends, lower joint split at top third, paste down has contemporary booksellers label, school rubber stamp, small pocket and [VIth Book Club ] in ink, fep corner clipped, rear fep missing and rear hinge loosening. Bears the preface… Read more about this item

New York Lovell Gestefelt [circa ] , 1892, hardcover. No publication date given, but circa 1892. "By Ralph Iron (Olive Schreiner)." Hardcover. Condition: very good minus (light wear to spine tips; owner name; no dust jacket). -- Uncommon edition of this South African classic novel written under a pseudonym.

Boston: Roberts, 1889. Second edn. 12mo, pp. 375, plus 8 pages of book list. Red cloth printed in black and gilt. cover slightly worn at edges, one hinge half tender, o/w VG.