Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
H Rider Haggard. Jess. Smith Elder & Co, 1887.
Price: US$38.24 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Second Edition, stained and grubby red boards, hinges weakening, edges soiled and uneven, PO to fep dated 1907, fairly clean internally with a little spotting
Seller: Westmoor Books, Leyburn, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No. 46 New Series - April 1887 - No. 328. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 110pp + 16pp b/w advertisements to front, 14pp advertisements to rear. Price of Sixpence printed to front cover. Not library copy, some wear to cover and spine edges, remains of name in pencil to top front cover. Contains Chapters 15-19 of 'The Gaverocks' by Sabine Baring-Gould, and Chapters 33-35 of 'Jess' by H. Rider Haggard. (33/3)
Seller: CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No. 44 New Series - February 1887 - No. 326. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 110pp + 14pp b/w advertisements to front, 24pp advertisements to rear. Price of Sixpence printed to front cover. Not library copy, some wear to cover and spine edges, remains of name in pencil to top front cover. Contains Chapters 6-9 of 'The Gaverocks' by Sabine Baring-Gould, and Chapters 27-29 of 'Jess' by H. Rider Haggard. (33/3)
Seller: CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No. 45 New Series - March 1887 - No. 327. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 110pp + 16pp b/w advertisements to front, 8pp advertisements to rear. Price of Sixpence printed to front cover. Not library copy, some wear to cover and spine edges, remains of name in pencil to top front cover. Contains Chapters 10-14 of 'The Gaverocks' by Sabine Baring-Gould, and Chapters 30-32 of 'Jess' by H. Rider Haggard. (33/3)
Seller: CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider [Henry Rider Haggard]. Jess (1887). Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1887.
Price: US$38.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original red cloth, lettered in black (front board) and gilt (spine); patterned endpapers. Spine lightly sunned with two tiny chips at head, otherwise very good. Binding is the same as for the first edition.
Seller: Richard Beaton, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
H. Ridder Haggard. Jess. Smith, Elder & Co London, 1887.
Price: US$45.01 + shipping
Description: Texte en anglais / text in english ! VIII + 336 p. 14x19,5 cm. 336 p. Fort in-12° Etat correct. Plats défraîchis un peu tachés. Papier légèrement bruni. Quelques rousseurs
Seller: Librairie du Bassin, Bordeaux, France
Haggard, H. Rider. Jess. Smith Elder & Co, London, 1887.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Adventurous period novel about 1st Boer War, full of memorable character. Early Haggard. Nice brght clean copy. 5-1/2 x 7-3/4, 336 pp + bk ads, decorative endpapers. VeryGood unmarked, not much wear, small owner stamo inside. Hardcover in red cloth boards w black cover titling, gilt spine titling, no jacket.
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, H. Rider. Jess. Smith Elder and Co, 1887.
Price: US$60.56 + shipping
Description: 1st edition, 1887. Internally VG; light browning on endpapers, but otherwise clean with tight binding. Patchy colour loss to red cloth boards; black lettering on front board. Spine browned with wear at head and foot; gilt lettering mostly rubbed away. Used - Good. Good hardback in red cloth
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
HAGGARD, H. Rider.. Jess.. Smith Elder. London First edition, 1887.
Price: US$63.74 + shipping
Description: pp. viii, 336, (iv) Catalogue. Original cloth a bit dull with spine a little faded, a bit foxed at the ends but otherwise a very good copy, uncut.
Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
Haggard, H Rider. Jess. Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1887.
Price: US$66.93 + shipping
Description: 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 336pp + ads. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine and part of lower board faded
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Jess. Smith, Elder, & Co., London, 1887.
Price: US$70.11 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition of Rider Haggard's highly successful novel Jess, set in South Africa. First edition. A romantic adventure novel set in South Africa, following Jess Croft, an orphan living on an ostrich farm on the Great Transvaal Veldt. When Englishman Captain John Niel arrives to try his hand at farming, they are drawn together and torn apart. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer best known for his adventure romances set in exotic locations. With original verse in Chapter XXXIII [removed from all alter printings] and faint inverted comma before 'King' on title page. Scott 6 : Whatmore F5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. (1887). In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bumping to the extremities and the odd mark to the board. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Rider Haggard, H.. JESS. Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1887.
Price: US$71.39 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp. viii, 336 + [8 publisher's adverts]; original patterned end-papers. Original red cloth binding with black lettering and designs to the front board, gilt to the spine, good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, cloth a little marked and a little faded to the spine, cloth to head/tail of the spine slightly chipped. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A good to very good good tight copy. Size: 8vo
Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Jess. Smith, Elder, & Co, London, 1887.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1887. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red decorative cloth, front cover stamped in black, gilt-lettered spine, floral endpapers; viii,336,[8](ads)pp. Light shelf wear, spine slightly cocked and a shade faded with two faint spots from previously removed labels (presumably library markings); overall Very Good, internally clean and sound. This copy with the verses on p. 315 that were discovered to have been inadvertently plagiarized and subsequently withdrawn from later editions. [Scott 6; Whatmore F6].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. Jess. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1887.
Price: US$95.61 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Pages clean but almost disbound. Ink inscrip. to f-fep. Some rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing, bumping, discolouring to spine. Reading copy only. Size: 12mo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. Jess. The Illustrated Publishing Co., Chicago/New York, 1887.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chicago/New York: The Illustrated Publishing Co., 1887. Haggard's sixth novel, set in South Africa, was a success like the previous "She" and "King Solomon's Mines." First published by Smith, Elder; this is a Very Good copy of an American pirate edition from the same year. Not common. Marbled paper-covered boards with a brown cloth spine; Black spine label with titling and ruling in gilt. Clean text; 255 pages, with a one-page publisher's advert in the rear; decorative endpapers in green. Cheap paper is starting to tan, but remains clear and supple. Small contemporary bookseller label on the front paste-down. Rubbed around the margins. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Jess. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1887.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition; only 2000 copies printed. In publisher's red cloth with gilt stamped spine, decorated and lettered in black on cover, ruled in blind on rear, grey floral patterned end papers. First edition with original verse in Chapter XXXIII [removed from all alter printings] and faint inverted comma before 'King' on title page. Scott 6 : Whatmore F5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. (1887), 336 pages + 8 pages of ads at rear. Good. Sun darkened spine with chipped ends, some overall wear and darkening to cloth, signature on half title page, cracked rear hinge.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Jess. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1887.
Price: US$122.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition; only 2000 copies printed. In publisher's red cloth with gilt stamped spine, decorated and lettered in black on cover, ruled in blind on rear, grey floral patterned end papers. First edition with original verse in Chapter XXXIII [removed after the third impression] and omitted inverted comma before 'King' on title page. Scott 6 : Whatmore F5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. (1887) 336 pages + 8 pages of ads at rear. G+: Slightly sunned spine, tiny bubbling of cloth pushed tips, modest wear and soil, slight forward lean. Toned end papers, nice off-white pages.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. Jess. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1887.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1887. This novel, set in South Africa, followed Haggard's great successes: "She" and "King Soloman's Mines." It has been harshly judged by some as a "mundane melodrama," but was well-enough thought in the early 20th Century to have been filmed three times. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Red cloth binding; front cover ruled, titled, and decorated in black; spine titling is gilt. Clean text; 336 pages, with eight pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Mildly bumped; spine is faded, rubbed at the head; some staining to front cover and spine. Still, not a bad copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. Jess. Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1887.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 336 pages. 8vo, 19 x 12 cm, with eight pages of adverts at rear unopened. Text clean, partly unopened. 2000 copies printed. SCOTT 6. WHATMORE F5. WOLFF 2861. With cream endpapers in floral motiff printed in a blue/gray. Backstrip chipped at backstrip foot and rubbed at head, slight darkening or age soiling to portions of covers. First editions in fine condition are rare; overall, this copy is firm, and tight. Orig. carmine cloth with front cover lettered and decorated in black. Gilt lettered spine faded. Very good
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. Jess. Smith Elder & Co, London, 1887.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HB Red cloth lettered and design in black on front cover. Lettered and ruled in gilt on spine. Ruled in blind on rear cover Very good. Front epp torn. Some cover marking
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Jess. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1887.
Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition; only 2000 copies printed. In publisher's red cloth with gilt stamped spine, decorated and lettered in black on cover, ruled in blind on rear, grey floral patterned end papers. First edition with original verse in Chapter XXXIII [removed from all alter printings] and faint inverted comma before 'King' on title page. Scott 6 : Whatmore F5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. (1887) 336 pages + 8 pages of ads at rear. VG: Slightly sunned spine with soft ends, pushed tips, modest wear and soil. Toned end papers and piece out at top of first ad page at rear.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Jess. Smith, Elder, & Co., London, 1887.
Price: US$191.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A smart third edition of this highly successful novel from popular Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard. Third edition, published the same year as the first. A romantic adventure novel set in South Africa, following Jess Croft, an orphan living on an ostrich farm on the Great Transvaal Veldt. When Englishman Captain John Neil arrives to try his hand at farming, they are drawn together and torn apart. 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. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light spotting and age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Jess. Smith Elder and Co, 1887.
Price: US$480.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: very nice signed copy of this title. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
HAGGARD, H. Rider.. Autograph letter signed in full, "H. Rider Haggard.". London,, 1887.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 4 pages. 8vo, on unprinted stationery. Fine. Written from 69 Gunterstone Road (where Haggard lived from 1885 to 1888 and where he completed King Solomon's Mines), evidently addressed to an editor at Smith, Elder, regarding "Jess," "the Maxwell business," and other publishing matters.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Jess. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1887.
Price: US$720.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third edition - inscribed by the author to his brother! In publisher's red cloth with gilt stamped spine, decorated and lettered in black on cover, ruled in blind on rear, grey floral patterned end papers. Still contains the original verse in Chapter XXXIII [which Scott incorrectly states was removed for the second edition]. Inscribed in black ink on the half-title page: To H D Haggard/from his affectionate/brother/ H Rider Haggard/1887. London: Smith, Elder & Co. (1887) 336 pages + 8 pages of ads at rear. VG: Toned spine, edge wear, a bit of soil and bumped tips. Cracked hinges, toned end pages.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, H. Rider.. Jess.. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1887.
Price: US$749.69 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., orig. red cloth, viii, 336, (8)pp.ads. Name, spine darkened, light war to extremities, a very good copy. Whatmore F5.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Haggard, H. Rider. Jess. Smith, Elder, & Co, London, 1887.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 (184 x 120 mm); viii, 336. Handsomely bound in polished red calf by Bayntun (stamp on first endpaper), gilt fillets on covers, decorations to edges and turn-ins, 5 raised bands, gilt decorations in compartments, with title on green and blue morocco labels, marbled endpapers; original red cloth covers bound in; a.e.g. Very occasional spotting, else pages clean and fresh and binding tight and square. FOYLE COPY copy with gilt-stamped red roan Wm. A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey label to front pastedown [McKay 6]. A beautifully bound volume from the distinguished library of bibliophile and bookseller William A. Foyle. This novel, set in South Africa, is the fifth work of fiction by Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (1856-1925), know for his adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, and sometimes considered the father of the Lost World genre. Jess, like several of his other works including King Solomon's Mines and She, were repeatedly adapted for the screen. Jess was published serially in "The Cornhill Magazine" in London between May 1886 and April 1887. WILLIAM A. FOYLE (1885-1963) was one of the leading London booksellers of the 20th century. He opened his first bookshop with his brother Gilbert in 1903 and by the late 1920s their bookstore in Charing Cross Road held a stock of four million volumes on over thirty miles of bookshelves. His vision for the business was a bookshop for the world - for every one from any station in life - "The People's Bookshop", and it became a meeting place for famous writers and distinguished figures, along with members of the public. In the early 1940s Foyle bought Beeleigh Abbey, a 12th-century monastery in Essex and formed one of the largest English private libraries of the 20th century. The library was sold at auction by Christie's in July 2000. The three-day sale realized some £12,000,000, making it the single most valuable collection of books ever to be sold at auction in Britain or Europe.
Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.