Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
H. Rider Haggard. Dawn. D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1887.
Price: US$320.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Scarce first American edition in black marbled paper over red cloth quarter boards, gilt titled and ruled spine. New York: D. Appleton & Company (1887), 457 pages + 8 pages of ads at rear. Good copy with wear, fairly heavy wear to boards, covers scratched and with some loss; hinges gone, somewhat toned pages with f.f.e showing some chips at fore edge. Previous owner's info dated April 1887 on front pastedown.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Dawn. D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1887.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Scarce first American, 2nd state edition in black marbled paper over red cloth quarter boards, gilt titled and ruled spine. Advertised for sale in Publisher's Weekly on April 2, 1887. This edition has some very slight differences from the 1st state edition, for example, the final page, page 457, has "And Mildred!" instead of "And Mildred?", a different font for "The End", and no signature number"20" at base. New York: D. Appleton & Company (1887), 457 pages + 8 pages of ads at rear. A Good copy with overall wear, scratching and darkening to binding, a bit shaken, cracked book block and brown pages at very center of novel.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Dawn A Novel. D. Appleton and Company, NY, 1887.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good+. Uncommon First American Edition. First American edition of Haggard's first novel. There were four U.S. printings of this book in 1887: by Appleton, Harper, Lovell and Munro. Priority unknown. The Appleton edition was also published in two volumes in wraps. This may be a rebound copy although it also may be a publisher's one-volume edition. It has only one title page. There are 10 pages of ads in back. Red cloth spine lettered and ruled in gold; black marbled paper boards.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Dawn. D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1887.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Scarce first American edition in black marbled paper over red cloth quarter boards, gilt titled and ruled spine. Advertised for sale in Publisher's Weekly on April 2, 1887. New York: D. Appleton & Company (1887), 457 pages + 8 pages of ads at rear. A VG copy with sun toned spine, edge wear and modest scratching to paper. Hinges holding (!) and penciled gift inscription on f.f.e., light tan pages.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. DAWN. D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1887.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition of Haggard's first novel. There were four U.S. printings of this book in 1887: by Appleton, Harper, Lovell and Munro. Priority unknown. The Appleton edition was also published in two volumes in wraps. This may be a rebound copy although it also may be a publisher's one-volume edition. It has only one title page. There are 8 pages of ads in back. Red cloth spine lettered and ruled in gold; black marbled paper boards. Boards lightly scratched and worn at edges, spine has few tiny tears to ends, otherwise about very good.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.