[Rarebooks] Two H. Rider Haggard titles

Nina W. Matheson matheson at boo.net
Fri May 23 09:17:53 EDT 2014


Colleagues,

I am pleased to offer at $100.00 postpaid


Haggard, H. Rider. Heart of the world. New York, Longmans, Green and 
Co., 1895.. Blue-gray cloth stamped in gold and red.  Pastedowns and 
endpapers darlemed, text block lightly cocked, corners lightly 
bumped, otherwise very good to near fine.  First edition (American 
edition precedes).  347 pp. followed by 16 pp. ads. Title included in 
Reginald/ Science Fiction.  Half-tone frontispiece and 12 
illustrations.  Sadleir/ XIX Century Fiction 1088.  (17161)

Haggard, H. Rider. Nada the lily. New York, Longmans, Green, and Co., 
1892.. Original red cloth, lettered in gold and decorated in 
white.  Spine faded, corners bumped, small stain at the foot of the 
front cover, otherwise solid, very good.  First edition (American 
edition precedes).  295 pp. followed by 8 pp. ads. A tale of 
adventure among the Zulus.  Wolff/Nineteethn-Century Fiction 2875 
(apparently the English edition).  Note in WorldCat states that the 
publication date was April 30, 1892   (17162)



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