Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$9.63 + shipping
Description: 8vo; original blue cloth over beveled boards; ornate gilt titles to spine and upper cover; pp. (iv) + 341. Spine somewhat cocked; some stippling to cloth; gift inscription dated 1890 on front free endpaper; moderate foxing throughout; some fishmothing to edges of a few pages. Fair to good. Early reprint of a Haggard work (first ed., 1888) that owes more to his knowledge of country life (he was knighted for his services to agriculture) than the experiences in Africa which inspired his more famous fantasy novels.
Seller: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
HAGGARD, H.Rider. Colonel Quaritch V.C. Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1889.
Price: US$19.70 + shipping
Description: First one-volume edition. Hospital stamp on front pastedown; binding tight; board corners a little worn; spine bumped at head & foot, with wear to cloth. Used - Good. Good hardback in black cloth
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$20.08 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 341pp. A good hardback copy in a canted binding with rubbing and light fraying to extremities. Previous owner's signature.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Haggard, H Rider. Colonel Quaritch V.C. Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1889.
Price: US$21.04 + shipping
Description: 160mm x 110mm (6" x 4"). 341pp. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover heavily rubbed with split to spine. Fep missing
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$33.81 + shipping
Description: 1st 1-volume edition. A little foxing; owner's name on dedication page; board corners and spine bumped with some wear to cloth; gilt bright. Conforms to Whatmore F9 (6a) except for colour of cloth. Whatmore describes the cloth as blue; cloth on this copy is a dark slate grey Used - Good. Good hardback in slate-grey cloth with gilt
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First one-volume edition. 341 pages. Bevel-edged boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Signature on inside front cover dated 1888. Hinges cracked internally. Top page edges dusty. Pages clean and bright. ; 12mo
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Price: US$45.46 + shipping
Description: [first edition] 341pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky,cocked)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Haggard, H. Rider.. Colonel Quaritch, V.C.: A Tale of Country Life.. London: Longmans, Green., 1889.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First one-volume edition. 8vo. 341 pp. VG- in black cloth, front end paper and first leaf chipped around edges, corner stain on last twenty or so pages, front hinge weak, spine somewhat slanted, in clear protective mylar jacket. Provenance: John Ruyle.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Colonel Quaritch V.C. Longmans Green and Co, 1889.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ist one volume edition, very good in green bevelled boards, London
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Haggard, H. Rider. Colonel Quaritch, V.C.. Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1889.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: HB Blue cloth over heavy bevelled boards. Lettered gilt on front cover and spine. Decorated epp
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An exiting H. Rider Haggard novel following the trail of lost family treasure, this copy being the first edition in one volume. The first one volume edition of this work.One of H. Rider Haggard's popular novels, this novel following the mystery of some lost family treasure and cryptic messages that could lead to its discovery.Haggard was a popular author of adventure fiction often set in Africa, pioneering in the lost world genre. Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light marks and rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Institutional label to the front pastedown. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some odd spots. First few pages are lifting a little to the tail. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. Colonel Quaritch V.C.. Longmans, Green, 1889.
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue cloth. Spine ends trifle rubbed, otherwise nice copy. First published in three volumes earlier the same year.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: original bevelled boards, spine bumped, light shelf-wear, corners a trifle rubbed, ownership signature front pastedown, a nice copy; 341 pages
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First one volume edition. Original blue cloth lettered in gold on front cover and spine, with modest bumping to spine ends and corners. Light discoloration to spine. Decorative end papers, with boats and swans. This copy a presentation copy from the publisher, so indicated with an embossed stamp on the title page. Very good overall.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$94.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition in one volume. Bound in publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine and cover, beveled edges, patterned end pages. No half-title page as called for. Scott 12 : Whatmore F9 6a. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. (1889), 341 pages. This VG copy has a small cloth tear at crown, wear to curled tips, scattered foxing on nice off-white pages. Inked name to title page.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. COLONEL QUARITCH,V.C.. Longmans, Green, 1889.
Price: US$127.60 + shipping
Description: COLONEL QUARITCH, V.C., Longmans, Green, 1889, first one volume edition (published just about the same time as the triple decker), some wear to corner tips and spine extremities, else just about a vg copy.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. After the Originally a serial, then published in book form in 1888; this is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing, from one year later. His seventh novel, which moves away from his successful action format to a more romantic and conventional plot. Surprisingly scarce. Dark blue cloth binding, bevelled, with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 341 pages. Lightly rubbed at the margins; spotting to the endpapers and occasionally within. Some bubbling to the covers.The first signature has cracked and could do with some reinforcement. Still, the book presents well. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First One Volume Edition. 341 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Scott 12 Blue cloth, bevelled boards. VG
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$161.69 + shipping
Description: Spine a little ruckled, very slight wear to extremities, a little foxing at beginning and end and to fore-edge, but a nice copy Scott 12n Original blue bevelled cloth lettered in gilt
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom