Nada the Lily

London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1982. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Charles Kerr. An unusual copy of this adventure novel from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard, in scarce variant binding. A copy of H. Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel.In scarce variant binding for Longman's Colonial Library. With twenty-three evocative illustrations by artist Charles Kerr, including tissue-guarded frontispiece. 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.At the rear of the work is twenty-four pages of publisher's advertisements and catalog dated 50,000 - 6/92. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt lettered spine. Externally, smart. Scattered water staining to boards and the odd mark. Light shelf wear to extremities. Rubbing to front board. Bumping and minor chipping to head and tail of spine. Toning to spine. Cracking to joints, but binding remains firm. Faint offsetting to end papers and the odd spot. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges mildly strained but are sound. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spotting. Ink inscription to page 3. Loss to title page, not affecting readability, and closed tear to tissue guard. Good