New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, which slightly preceded the UK edition. Supernatural novel, considered to be Haggard's best, and listed in Bleiler (726). Very good with some scuffing and spotting to boards, bumped corners, and wear and pushing to spine ends. Front hinge starting at title page. General second hand store stamp to ffep and dedication page. Front cover decoration is faded. Complete with publisher's advertisements at end.
HAGGARD, [Sir] Henry Rider (1856-1925), [KERR, Charles, illustrator]
Nada the Lily
HAGGARD, [Sir] Henry Rider (1856-1925), [KERR, Charles, illustrator]
Publisher: London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892. [Historical Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 295 [25]. Publisher's catalogue dated 2/92. With 23 black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Kerr. Publisher's dark green cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper, and bevelled boards. Dark grey endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Well-thumbed, with moderate spotting throughout. Sunned to spine, with moderate wear to cloth. Good. An historical novel set in the Zulu kingdom in the early nineteenth century, charting the origins of Umslopogaas, who appears as a mature character in the Allan Quatermain series.
First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 8. Folded wraps. With a small plain white label reading 'Simon Lee' indicating the book came from the art reference collection of the Simon Lee Gallery (2002-2023) dealers in contemporary art in Mayfair, London and Hong Kong. Text in English and Spanish. Very good indeed.
Nada The Lily by H. Rider Haggard first US editionhardcover Publisher:Longmans, Green And Co. 1892Condition: Good - some wear, spotting, discoloration to the covers and spine,bookplate on the front end paper
New York: Longmans, Green, 1892.. First U.S. edition. 8vo. 295 pp., illus., plus [8] pp. of ads at rear. Very good in red cloth, covers a little soiled, spine a little slanted, ex-libris John Ruyle label within (his notes in pencil on end paper), in clear protective mylar jacket.
The first edition, first issue of this exciting illustrated historical novel by the popular H. Rider Haggard. The first edition, first issue, with the publisher's catalogue to the rear dated February 1892 as called for. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and twenty-two monochrome plates. Collated, complete. A historical novel telling the story of the early life of the hero Umslopogaas, the unacknowledged son of the great Zulu king and general Chaka. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. Previously owned by the artist Herbert C. Sheppard with his stamps to the front. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally sound with fading to the spine and extremities, a slight lean, a closed tear to the rear joint, and wear to the extremities with small closed tears and slight loss to the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally binding starting slightly in places with frontispiece weak. Pages generally bright with spotting throughout. Owner's stamps to the blanks and advertisements. Good.
The first edition, first issue of this exciting illustrated historical novel by the popular H. Rider Haggard. The first edition, first issue, with the publisher's catalogue to the rear dated February 1892 as called for. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and twenty-two monochrome plates. Collated, complete. A historical novel telling the story of the early life of the hero Umslopogaas, the unacknowledged son of the great Zulu king and general Chaka. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. Previously owned by the artist Herbert C. Sheppard with his stamps to the front. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally sound with fading to the spine and extremities, a slight lean, a closed tear to the rear joint, and wear to the extremities with small closed tears and slight loss to the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally binding starting slightly in places with frontispiece weak. Pages generally bright with spotting throughout. Owner's stamps to the blanks and advertisements. Good.
Rider Haggard: The Great Adventures - The Collectors' Edition: King Solomon's Mines, Nada the Lily, She: A History of Adventure
Henry Rider Haggard
Rider Haggard: The Great Adventures - The Collectors' Edition: King Solomon's Mines, Nada the Lily, She: A History of Adventure
Henry Rider Haggard
Publisher: JM Classic Editions (Jeremy Mills)
Date published: 2005
GB: JM Classic Editions (Jeremy Mills), 2005. 17/100 copies. Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1600g.. 1st Edition. Paperback. Fine.
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