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Price: US$21.00 + shipping
Description: 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 128pp. Worn condition. Front cover detached and edge-worn. Rear cover missing. Page edges browning with some curled corners
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Heu-Heu or the Monster. Hutchinson & Co., London, 1924.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition in red cloth, spine and cover lettered in black with blind bordered rectangle. No catalog at rear. Scott 79: Whatmore F53. London: Hutchinson & Co. (n.d. 1924), 286 pages. A nice looking Good copy but with loss of cloth to rear gutter (bug chew?), and some soiling. Slight forward lean.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Heu-Heu, or The Monster. Hutchinson & Co., London, 1924.
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Description: A rebound first edition of Haggard's work narrated by Allan Quatermain. 'Heu Heu, or the Monster' is a novel which tells Allan Quatermain's account of a monster in Rhodesia.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 this work made into a 1922 South African film.This is the first English edition of the work, rebound for a personal library. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart, minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
HAGGARD, H. Rider.. Heu-Heu or The Monster.. Hutchinson, London, 1924.
Price: US$112.20 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., orig. red cloth, (viii), (266)pp. Name, spine somewhat faded o/w a very nice, unworn copy.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
H. Rider Haggard. Heu-Heu, or The Monster. Hutchinson & Co. [1924], London, 1924.
Price: US$140.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition copy of H. Rider Haggard's fantasy action novel. A first edition copy of this fantastical novel by H. Rider Haggard.Undated, dated from copies held institutionally.With forty-eight pages of publisher's advertisements dated Spring 1924 at the rear of the book, several of which have illustrations.It also contains a list of Haggard's published titles on the back of half title.The novel is set around a legend of a giant gorilla monster, to which young women are sacrificed. It has been suggested that is formed the basis of Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace's 'King Kong' due to the similar plotlines. H. Rider Haggard was an English writer of action adventure and romance fiction, and pioneer of the lost world literary genre. In publisher's original red cloth binding with black titles. Externally, generally smart and bright with scattered damp stains on front board. Minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. The odd spot on fore edge. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Heu-Heu or the Monster. Hutchinson & Co., London, 1924.
Price: US$149.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition in red cloth, spine and cover lettered in black with blind bordered rectangle. 48 page catalog dated Spring, 1924 at rear. Scott 79: Whatmore F53. London: Hutchinson & Co. (n.d. 1924), 286 pages. A Nearly Fine copy with forward lean, dime sized soil stain on back cover, large bookplate on front paste down.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Heu-Heu, or The Monster. Hutchinson & Co, London, 1924.
Price: US$634.03 + shipping
Description: The second edition of this novel about Allan Quatermain's encounter with a Rhodesian monster, in a very scarce original dust wrapper. The second edition of H. Rider Haggard's novel, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Contemporary copies of this work in dust wrappers are very scarce.Haggard's novel features a legend about a giant gorilla monster, to which young women are sacrificed. Due to the similarities in topic, some have suggested the novel may have inspired 1933's 'King Kong'.Undated; dated 1924 - the same year as the first edition - via LibraryHub. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally fine. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper back strip a touch age toned, with light handling marks to rear wrap. Light chipping to back strip head, with two closed tears and minor loss to back strip tail. Light spotting to head of dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Minor spotting to title page, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom