first edition Hardcover
1887 · London
by Haggard, H. Rider
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. carmine cloth with front cover lettered and decorated in black. Gilt lettered spine faded. Very good. 336 pages. 8vo, 19 x 12 cm, with eight pages of adverts at rear unopened. Text clean, partly unopened. 2000 copies printed. SCOTT 6. WHATMORE F5. WOLFF 2861. With cream endpapers in floral motiff printed in a blue/gray. Backstrip chipped at backstrip foot and rubbed at head, slight darkening or age soiling to portions of covers. First editions in fine condition are rare; overall, this copy is firm, and tight.
(Inventory #: 15390)