[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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