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Haggard, H. Rider:. Maiwa's Revenge.. London Longmans Green And Co, 1888.
Price: US$7.70 + shipping
Description: Hard cover grey paper covered bds, effusive red lettering to upper bd and spine, spine age-darkened with damage to paper along hinges, bd edges a little rubbed, corners rubbed, contents clean, tight and bright, pp216.
Seller: Little Owl Books, Norwich, NORFO, United Kingdom
H Rider Haggard. Maiwa's Revenge or The War Of The Little Hand. Longmans, Green And Co, 1888.
Price: US$8.92 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners bumped and worn, edges worn and board showing, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, sides of spine worn, fabric beneath showing, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, binding a little loose, previous owners name on front end paper
Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$8.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This book is in good condition without dust jacket. Wear present to the cover as shown in the photo and an inscription on the title page. Otherwise the pages are very good free from markings or signs of wear.
Seller: Our Kind Of Books, Liphook, United Kingdom
Haggard, H Rider. Maiwa's Revenge or the War of the Little Hand. Longmans, Green, 1888.
Price: US$11.55 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Image shows actual book for sale. Book Condition: Good; firm binding; contents good; a little wear to extremities; a little faded; a little light foxing; owner's name; no jacket. Hard Cover Longmans, Green 1888 Fiction Novels
Seller: Sonnets And Symphonies, Bristol, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.05 + shipping
Description: 12mo (18.5x12.5cm), hardback, 216pp. Fair condition. No dustwrapper. Good reading copy. Generally worn, grubby, foxed, front hinge cracked, free front endpaper stuck down to front pastedown, pages water-affected with crinkling, faint stains around edges, endpapers browned, spine sunned, flecked, edges lifting a bit, webbing showing at lower spine edges, chipped edges with boards showing at corners, creased, bumped, For all this, contents clear and legible. Pictures available on request.
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition, first printing Hardback, grey cloth red titles. viii + 216 pp. + 16 pages of publisher's adverts Fair condition Corners worn, edges rubbed Endpapers a little foxed. No inscriptions. Binding sound
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Rider Haggard, H.. MAIWA'S REVENGE. Longmans, Green, And Co., London, 1888.
Price: US$15.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: pp. [viii], 216; original end-papers. Original paper-covered boards printed in red cloth, good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, paper covering to spine chipped at head/tail of the spine and the joints. Contents clean and tight, previous owner's signature dated August 1888. A good copy of what was always a fragile binding. Size: 12mo
Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom
HAGGARD, H. Rider. Maiwa's revenge; or, the war of the little hand. Longmans, Green, London, 1888.
Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Description: Quite a good copy of this book which is usually found in rather poor condition because of its cheap binding. The paper covering of spine has rubbed off very slightly at top side edge and bottom of spine. Usual foxing inside. Corners rubbed. Used - Acceptable. G hardback in grey paperboards with red lettering
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$30.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original greyish coloured papered boards with title in red on front cover and spine, cover boards and spine soiled and rubbed around the edges, rebacked retaining the original spine, new endpapers. Overall a good copy. ; 185 x 125mm; [viii], 216 pages
Seller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC, Australia
Haggard, H. Rider. Maiwa's Revenge. Longman's Green, 1888.
Price: US$32.08 + shipping
Description: Assume 1st printing a generally a near VG copy, boards with red titles, swan decorated endpapers, and some light early foxing: 216pp + 16 ads.
Seller: Poor Richards Books, Felixstowe, United Kingdom
HAGGARD, H. Rider.. Maiwa's Revenge; or, The War of the Little Hand.. , 1888.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Description: Longmans, Green and Co. 1888. Thirty-first to fortieth thousand. Full maroon calf, prize binding, raised bands, gilt decoration and contrasting label. School crest of West Ham High School for Girls to upper board. Marbled endpapers and outer edges. 216pp. Extremities rubbed. Prize inscription to front fly leaf, and owner's signature to half-title page. Overall, a very attractive copy.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider.. MAIWA'S REVENGE; OR, THE WAR OF THE LITTLE HAND.. Longmans, Green, 1888.
Price: US$52.29 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1888. Longmans, Green. Hard Cover. Book- Good, colour titles on front board, brown boards, no spine. 7.5x5. 216pp. This novel continues the adventures of the hunter Allan Quartermain as he rescues a captured English hunter and avenges Maiwa, an African princess whose baby has been killed.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Price: US$68.01 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black or dark brown covers clean and bright with red titles. Lower corners bumped. Head and tail of spine chipped with slight loss. Contents clean and bright with no inscriptions. Endpapers clean. 216 pages plus book advertising for June 1888. Size: 5" x 7.5"
Seller: Bosco Books, Looe, CORNW, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Maiwa's Revenge. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1888.
Price: US$70.58 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A rare example of the first edition of this popular Allan Quatermain novel by H. Rider Haggard. The first edition, first impression of this work.This thrilling Haggard novel involves Allan Quatermain going on a hunting expedition, and taking part in an attack on a native group in order to rescue a captured English hunter, and avenge an African princess whose baby has been killed.In the publisher's original cloth binding. This work was simultaneously issued in cloth and in paper covered boards, the boards issue being the less common of the two.With a sixteen page publisher's catalogue to the rear, dated June 1888.A smart copy of this exciting work. In the publisher's original cloth covered boards. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Front joint starting, with board holding firm. Head of rear joint starting, but firmly held. Small tear to rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Maiwa's Revenge. Longmans, Green & Co, 1888.
Price: US$70.58 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st ed. 8vo. 216pp, plus publisher's catalogue at back. orig. black cloth with red blocked titles to front & spine, dec. e.p.'s, a little faded and worn. occ. sl. spotting. sl. soiled & slightly worn.
Seller: Benster Books, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Maiwa's Revenge. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1888.
Price: US$77.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition of H. Rider Haggard's work featuring his protagonist Allan Quatermain. 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.This novel tells the tale of Allan Quatermain's adventures during a hunting expedition.Bound with sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, a small tear to the spine, otherwise minor shelf wear. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of H. Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel, featuring his protagonist Allan Quatermain. The first edition. In the original cloth binding with red lettering. 'Maiwa's Revenge' is a short novel by H. Rider Haggard. It features his beloved protagonist, Allan Quatermain, a professional big game hunter, who has been depicted in film and television by notable actors such as Sean Connery, Richard Chamberlain and Patrick Swayze. The story follows Quatermain as he journeys to rescue a captured English hunter and avenge an African princess. Sir Henry Rider Haggard was a prolific English writer, specialising in adventure fiction and romance. Most of his works are set in exotic locations such as Africa. Complete with the half title page, and sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the book. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear and fraying to the extremities. Rear joint is starting but still firm. Light marks to the boards and spine. Hinges starting but firm. The odd spot to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally, binding slightly strained towards the centre but still firmly bound. Pages generally, bright and clean with some spotting throughout and a few scattered handling marks. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition (alternate version) in pale green paper covered boards lettered in red on spine and cover, ad in red on back cover. Scott 10 : Whatmore 7. London: Longmans, Green, And Co. (1888), 216 pps. Good copy with modest loss at spine ends and tips, rubbing, wear and a sun darkened spine. Toned end papers, embossed book store stamp on f.f.e., inscription dated August 1888 on title page.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First American hardback edition in green cloth covered boards stamped in gilt and black on spine, pictorial cover in red and black. See Scott page 21. Scott 10A : Whatmore 7. New York: Longmans, Green, And Co. (1888), 216 pps. Good copy with darkened and rubbed cloth with notable wear, small inked letters on cover. Cracked hinges, small bookstore sticker on rear paste down, erased pencil squiggles on rear end papers.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 8vo, original black cloth lettered in red on front cover and spine, edges untrimmed. Light green end papers with ships and swans motiff. 16 page catalog dated June, 1888 at rear. Very good hardcover with previous owner's name on the half title.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An early edition of this adventurous short novel by H. Rider Haggard. An early edition of this work, Being the thirty-first to fortieth thousand, published in London. Published in the US in the same year, seen in both light grey and dark publisher's binding, the present is the lighter version.This is a short novel concerning the protagonist Allan Quatermain, who is on a hunting expedition to avenge African princess Maiwa.Henry Rider Haggard was a popular English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations. In the publisher original paper covered boards. Externally, smart with some fading to the spine and boards and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. With a bookplate to the front pastedown for D Oswald Beatson. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages with some scattered spots throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$89.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition (alternate version) in pale green paper covered boards lettered in red on spine and cover, ad in red on back cover. Simultaneously issued in two bindings; black cloth and this (cheaper) pale gray boards. This more fragile binding is curiously uncommon, and difficult to find in collectible condition. Scott 10 : Whatmore F7. London: Longmans, Green, And Co. (1888), 216 pps. Good copy with a bit of forward lean, less edge wear than typical; a curious "RK" inkstamp in the corner of the front cover (Kipling?). Toned end pages and off white text pages.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition in black cloth lettered in red on spine and cover, green patterned end papers, 16 page catalog dated June 1888 at rear. Scott 10 : Whatmore 7. London: Longmans, Green, And Co. (1888), 216 pps. VG copy with some loss at spine ends, wear and rubbing, bumped corners, small bookstore sticker on f.f.e., light scattered foxing.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, H. Rider. MAIWA'S REVENGE. Longmans Green, London, 1888.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, good+ condition, octavo, titles embossed in red on front and across sun darkened spine, foxing to edges and occasionally internally, toning to end papers, original ownership in pencil and dated 1888 on front free end paper, 7 unpaginated plus 216 pages. [QP]
Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. Maiwa's Revenge. Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1888.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth Lettered red on front cover and spine. Ads dated June, 1888. Decorated end papers. Book plate Some discoloration to outer edges of the cloth covers, but otherwise in unusually tight condition
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Maiwa's Revenge. Longmans Green and Co, 1888.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The War of the Little Hand, London, early Haggard title
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: First Inpression. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth covered boards titled in red on the cover and spine; 216pp.+ [16] ads. Spine ends and corners are mildly rubbed; light toning to spine; faint forward lean; former owner's printed bookplate inside front cover [Ernest A. Martin]; owner's personal library stamp on front free endpaper [ Jno. Walton Barker, hys bookes, Avallonlea] front hinge gently pulled; includes spot of rough erasure and evidence of bookplate removal on half-title page; Very Good+, lacking the dustjacket. Early adventure featuring Alan Quartermain: "It may be well to state that the incident of the "Thing that bites" recorded in this tale is not an effort of the imagination. On the contrary, it is "plagiarized." Mandara, a well-known chief on the east coast of Africa, has such an article, and uses it. In the same way the wicked conduct attributed to Wambe is not without a precedent. T'Chaka, the Zulu Napoleon, never allowed a child of his to live. Indeed he went further, for on discovering that his mother, Unandi, was bringing up one of his sons in secret, like Nero he killed her, and with his own hand." (the preface) ;AHEARN, APG 010c.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. Maiwa's Revenge. Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, 1888.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition. Dark brown cloth with red-orange lettering on cover and spine. Decorative endpapers. No dust jacket. Very good condition with cocked spine, very light foxing and some toning to pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Edge Gilt, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$123.19 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition, half-title and title lightly spotted, small piece snipped from front free endpaper; original blue-green boards, boards and backstrip lettered in red, boards moderately rubbed and age-marked, expertly rebacked wth old backstrip laid down, a bright, firm copy in the variant binding. The coloured boards are far scarcer than the more usual black cloth binding. Allen 37.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Possible First American soft cover edition in tan wraps lettered in green on both covers and spine, 25 cent cover price and approx. 7 1/4" X 5". "Author's Edition" dated 1888 on cover and title page. Longman's published the 1st UK edition and also a US hardback that corresponds to this softcover. McKay 10. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co. (1888), 216 pages. A VG copy with forward lean, modest darkening, soil and wear to wraps. Clean, unmarked interior with no tape; a few spots of foxing towards rear; nice off-white colored pages.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. 216pp., without ads. Bound in blue-green paper covered boards lettered in brown; toning to spine and edge, light wear at extremities. A very good copy.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 216 pages: 5.5 x 7.75 in.: 1.4: KB#010055: No dustjacket is included. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Beautiful copy of a classic novel. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "A historical novel of Renaissance Italy." Fourth volume in the Allan Quatermain Series. Boards are dark black cloth with embossed red lettering on front and spine. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for prior owners' names that are neatly inscribed on both sides of front flyleaf), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Corners of boards and spine top are lightly rubbed. Contains 216 pages of text, followed by a 16-page catalogue of other Longmans' published works of the time. This is an adventure fantasy in which Maiwa is a woman pursuing revenge. It was originally a two-part story published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in 1888, with 10 illustrations by Thulstrup. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book.
Seller: Keener Books (Member IOBA), Menomonee Falls, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 216 pp., 16 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Scott 10; Wolff 2868; Bleiler 137; NCBEL 3:1055 Black cloth, printed in red. A little soiled, spine ends and corners slightly bumped, else Very nice copy 216 pp., 16 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Of the original 30,000 copies issued of this work, 20,000 copies were sold on the day of publication. Bleiler 137; NCBEL 3:1055 Original black cloth, lettered in scarlet, some rubbing, fraying along joints, publisher's advertisements dated June 1888 at back, light browning, else very good
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. MAIWA'S REVENGE. Longman's, Green & Co, 1888.
Price: US$156.60 + shipping
Description: MAIWA'S REVENGE, Longman's, Green & Co, 1888, first edition, a tight solid vg+ copy with un- broken inner hinges and first state ads.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. MAIWA'S REVENGE; OR, THE WAR OF THE LITTLE HAND. Longmans, Green & Company, 1888.
Price: US$174.00 + shipping
Description: MAIWA'S REVENGE, Harpers, 1888, first edition, binding slightly askew, partial hairline cracks to inner hinges, bookplate on front paste-down, private owner's ink-stamp on f.e.p., else a very good, bright copy.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, H. RIDER.. Maiwa's Revenge. London: Longmans, Green, 1888, 1888.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Contemporary owner's inscription; a very good copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$179.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A smart first edition of this exciting adventure novel from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. First edition. On a hunting expedition, Allan Quartermain is tasked with taking part in an attack on a native kraal to rescue a captured English hunter and avenge Maiwa, an African princess whose baby has been killed. 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. Issued simultaneously with those bound in pale blue-green boards, this issue includes the publisher's catalogue to the rear. As cited in "A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Henry Rider Haggard 1856-1925" by J. E. Scott. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, boards issue. [viii], 216pp. 8vo. Allen 37; Scott 10; Bleiler. Checklist of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction (1979), p. 90]12mo Gray paper-covered boards, stamped in red on spine and both covers [also issued simultaneously in black cloth binding stamped in red], spine is moderately tanned, wear to extremities of spine and tips of corners, ex-library with bookplate on upper pastedown and embossed ownership stampon f.e.p., blue ink writing on r.e.p., overall a very good copy, with the text very fresh and clean
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$224.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A smart first edition of this exciting adventure novel from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. First edition. On a hunting expedition, Allan Quartermain is tasked with taking part in an attack on a native kraal to rescue a captured English hunter and avenge Maiwa, an African princess whose baby has been killed. 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. Issued simultaneously with those bound in black cloth, this issue does not include publisher's catalogue to the rear. As cited in "A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Henry Rider Haggard 1856-1925" by J. E. Scott. In the original pale blue-green paper covered binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, boards issue. [viii], 216pp. 8vo. Allen 37; Scott 10; Bleiler. Checklist of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction (1979), p. 90]12mo gray paper-covered boards, stamped in red on spine and both covers [also issued simultaneously in black cloth binding stamped in redSpine is moderately tanned, light wear to extremities of spine and tips of corners, else a very good copy, with the text very fresh and clean
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.78 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., orig. pale green/grey paper boards lettered in red, (viii), 216pp. Name on e/paper, boards lightly soiled with some light chipping along the spine but still a very good copy. Whatmore F7.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada