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Haggard, H. Rider. Benita: An African Romance. Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1906.

Price: US$8.00 + shipping

Description: London: Cassell and Company Ltd:, 1906. Hardcover, Fair with no dust jacket, 344 pp. Hardcover, Fair with no dust jacket,

Seller: Ziesings, Shingletown, CA, U.S.A.

HAGGARD, H. Rider.. Benita. An African Romance. With sixteen illustrations by Gordon Browne.. Cassell London, 1906.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, second impression (same month as first). Cassell, London. 1906. Hardback. Red cloth, gilt type to spine and upper board. 344 pages + publisher's ads. Cloth a little sunned with sl. crumpled ends; two sl. marks to upper board; page edges foxed.

Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom

Haggard, H. Rider. Benita An African Romance. Cassell, London, 1906.

Price: US$19.50 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover, covers marked, wwear at spine ends, foxing to edges, edges uncut, otherwise Good without dustjacket.

Seller: John Stoodley, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

HAGGARD H RIDER. Benita, An African Romance. Cassell, 1906.

Price: US$24.64 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1906, 1st edition, with all the points, (Whatmore F30), 8vo., vii,344pp., publisher's lists, frontis , 15 other black & white plates, small address label on rear endpaper, some foxing, good, red cloth gilt, no dust jacket.

Seller: Wyseby House Books, Newbury, WEST, United Kingdom

HAGGARD, H. Rider. Benita; an African romance. Cassell, London, 1906.

Price: US$32.63 + shipping

Description: A nice copy with light sunning of spine. A little general foxing. No cracking or splitting of end papers. Advertisements present as called for. With 16 B&W illustrations by Gordon Browne. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dustjacket)

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) (1856-1925). Browne, Gordon. Benita : An African romance. London : Cassell, 1906.

Price: US$38.90 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 344p. (16 leaves of plates) : ill. ; 20cm. Subjects: Southern Africa -- 19th century -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

H. Rider Haggard. The Spirit of Bambatse by H. Rider Haggard (First U.S. Edition). Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, 1906.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The Spirit of Bambatse by H. Rider Haggard (First U.S. Edition) An ex-private library with "William D Barber, Civil Engineer, Chicago ,IL" name stamped lightly to center of both front endpapers, and a small neat book-title typed card at rear. A firm copy with moderate wear to the extremities. No jacket present. First American Edition. Published in Great Britain under the title "Benita" by Cassell. Contains eight inserted plates with illustrations by Gordon Browne.

Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) (1856-1925). Browne, Gordon. Benita : An African romance. London : Cassell, 1906.

Price: US$52.00 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 344p. (16 leaves of plates) : ill. ; 20cm. Subjects: Southern Africa -- 19th century -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

H Rider Haggard. Benita. Cassell & Company, Limited, London, 1906.

Price: US$91.01 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first edition of H Rider Haggard's illustrated ovel concerned with the clairvoyant heroine Benita. The first edition of this work, with frontispiece, sixteen illustrations by Gordon Browne, title page as well as contents and illustration lists in red and black. With eight pages of 'New Fiction' advertisements followed by eight leaves of publishers catalogue, both dated 7.06, as called for. Collated, complete.Adventure novel set in Africa and following Benita and her assistance in a hunt for a lost Portuguese treasure buried in the Transvaal.H Rider Haggard was a famous English writer of adventure fiction, mainly known for the use of exotic settings and as a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. In the original publisher's full cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Externally smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, back strip lightly faded, boards only lightly marked. Gentle cocking forward of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

H. Rider Haggard. Benita: An African Romance. Cassell and Company, Limited, London, 1906.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition(?) in red cloth covered boards, gilt stamped spine, tissue guarded color frontispiece, 16 illustrations by Gordon Browne, two color title page, contents and illustration pages. Not sure if this is a version of the 1st edition - the interior is identical to that listed as Scott 47 and Whatmore F30, but with plain end papers; and cloth covers different. This copy has the coated paper New Fiction ads dated 7.06 but the first page of the 2nd set of ads is missing. London: Cassell and Company, Limited (1906), 334 pages + ads. Solid good copy with some soiling and wear, scattered foxing and cracked front hinge. Large bookplate dated 1908 on f.f.e.

Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.

H. Rider Haggard. Benita: An African Romance. Cassell & Company, Limited, London, 1906.

Price: US$97.51 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A smart first edition of this romantic adventure novel from popular Victorian novelist H. Rider Haggard, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated complete. The romantic adventure of Benita, a clairvoyant, as she assists in the hunt for a lost Portuguese treasure buried in the Transvaal. 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. Illustrated by Gordon Browne, an English artist and a prolific illustrator. With eight pages of 'New Fiction' advertisements followed by eight leaves of publishers catalogue, both dated 7.06, as called for. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

HAGGARD, [Sir] Henry Rider (1856-1925), [BROWNE, Gordon, illustrator]. Benita. An African Romance. London: Cassell & Company, 1906, 1906.

Price: US$97.51 + shipping

Description: [Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 344 [16]. Catalogue date 8.06. With 16 illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Browne. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, and patterned endpapers. Black ink ownership to half-title. Heavy spotting to edges, preliminaries, and catalogue at rear; moderate spotting throughout. Moderate wear to cloth, with a few marks, sunning to spine, and some fraying to head and tail. Very good. Haggard claims this African tale, featuring buried treasure and clairvoyance, was inspired by a true story. Published as 'The Spirit of Bambatse' in the US. Whatmore, 'H. Rider Haggard: A Bibliography' (London 1987), F30.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

H. Rider Haggard. Benita. Cassell & Company Ltd, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906.

Price: US$110.51 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: An excellent copy of the first edition of H. Rider Haggard's adventure novel set in Africa. 'Benita' tells the romantic adventure of Benita, a clairvoyant, as she assists in the hunt for long lost Portuguese treasure in the Transvaal.H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English novelist primarily known for his works of adventure fiction, including 'She' and 'King Solomon's Mines'. The majority of his works have exotic settings, primarily Africa, and he was an extremely prolific writer, producing over fifty novels, three short story collections and a number of non-fiction works and works published in periodicals. His works have been adapted for screen many times.With sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements bound to the rear.Illustrated with sixteen full plate illustrations by Gordon Browne. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally lovely, spine is a touch faded with slight bumping to the head and tail. Ownership inscription to the half title page. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Near Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Haggard (H. Rider).. Benita; an African Romance. Cassell & Company, Limited,, 1906.

Price: US$122.87 + shipping

Description: Frontispiece and plates by Gordon Browne Cloth a little worn and marked, spine a little darkened, otherwise a nice copy Scott 47; McKay 41 Published in America as The Spirit of Bambatse. Original red cloth lettered in gilt

Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom

H. Rider Haggard. Benita: An African Romance. Cassell and Company, Limited, London, 1906.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition in red cloth covered boards, gilt stamped spine and cover, decorated end pages, frontispiece, 16 illustrations by Gordon Browne, two color title page, contents and illustration pages. Eight pages of New Fiction ads on coated paper followed by an eight page publishers catalog both dated 7.06 as called for. Scott 47; Whatmore F30. London: Cassell and Company, Limited (1906), 334 pages + ads. A nice VG copy with dust soiled/faded cloth, Tissue guard has been removed.

Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.

HAGGARD, H. Rider. Benita; an African romance. Cassell, London, 1906.

Price: US$286.04 + shipping

Description: Signed and dated 'Ditchingham 1914' by Rider Haggard on half title page. On front pastedown is a label for 'DIK: A Dog of Belgium' by Elizabeth Banks and sold by 'The Authors' Belgian Fund' to help destitute Belgian children. Above is a handwritten note 'This book was presented by Rider Haggard to The Authors' Belgian Fund. Benita was first published in September 1906 and this is the first reprint of the same date. With 16 B&W illustrations by Gordon Browne. A few small 'worm' holes at one edge of spine but a tidy copy in tight binding. A contribution to the 1st World War effort. Used - Good. SIGNED COPY Good hardback

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

H. Rider Haggard. Benita: An African Romance. Cassell and Company, Limited, London, 1906.

Price: US$510.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Inscribed First Edition. Inscribed by HRH "To Marie + Irene Stivens/From their affectionate friend/H. Rider Haggard/15 Sept 1906" on the verso of the title page. These two were the daughters of Dr. Lyne Stivens, a close friend of Haggard, and his personal physician. Stivens name appears in Haggatd's books including A Farmer's Year, Rural England, and The Days of My Life. First British edition in red cloth covered boards, gilt stamped spine and cover, decorated end pages, frontispiece, 16 illustrations by Gordon Browne, two color title page, contents and illustration pages. Eight pages of New Fiction ads on coated paper followed by an eight page publishers catalog both dated 7.06 as called for. Scott 47; Whatmore F30. London: Cassell and Company, Limited (1906), 334 pages + ads. Good. The cloth has some wear and soil, sunned spine, cracked hinges, foxing.

Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.