ALLAN'S WIFE AND OTHER TALES.
por HAGGARD, H. Rider (Sir Henry Rider), 1856-1925 :
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- first
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London, United Kingdom
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Sobre este item
London : Spencer Blackett, 1889. First edition. The title story and three further Quatermain tales, "Hunter Quatermain's Story", "A Tale of Three Lions" and "Long Odds". "The most notable conception in Mr. Rider Haggard's new volume of stories ... is surely the baboon-woman, Hendrika" (St. James's Gazette, 18th December 1889). Crown 8vo (184 x 128mm). 334,[iv] + (32)pp inserted advertisements dated September 1889. Frontispiece and seven full-page illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen (1862-1931) and Charles Kerr (1858-1907), with numerous further text illustrations, decorative devices and initials. Bound in a stylish later (mid twentieth-century) full tan calf, banded and richly gilt, contrasting red and blue labels, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, by Bayntun; some mild rubbing to head and joints; a few faint marks and spots, but a very good copy. .
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 38567
- Título
- ALLAN'S WIFE AND OTHER TALES.
- Autor
- HAGGARD, H. Rider (Sir Henry Rider), 1856-1925 :
- Ilustrador
- Maurice Greiffenhagen
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- London : Spencer Blackett, 1889.
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palavras-chave
- English Literature, Fiction, Fine Binding
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