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HAGGARD, H. Rider. Mr. Meeson's will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$26.15 + shipping
Description: With 16 illus. Some foxing; green floral end papers; hinges cracked (front hinge clumsily re-glued); spine browned; damage to cloth at head & foot of spine; lettering on spine badly worn. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in red cloth with black & gilt
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
HAGGARD, H. Rider. Mr Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, 1888.
Price: US$28.15 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st 1888 Spencer Blackett Hardback; no dust jacket; previous owner signatures to ffep and title; good sound binding
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, United Kingdom
Haggard,H Rider. Mr Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$57.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is a Good Only Copy of this book in Publisher's original red pictorial cloth with gilt and black title lettering to spine and upper cover.Spine is dulled and there is some wear and splitting to cloth at head of spine,corners are knocked.There is one former owner's bookplate to the front pastedown.Half title is present along with some 16 b&w illustrations.Contents remain reasonably clean with odd sporadic foxing spots,the binding is mostly firm with just a little inner hinge weakness to certain page gatherings,decent copy fore the collector 8vo 286pp plus 32 pages of adverts at rear of the book [1888]
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$59.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, in publisher's dark red cloth with gilt and black stamped spine and cover, black end papers, frontispiece and 15 additional full page b/w illustrations[all present], chapter heads, illustrated initial letters, end of chapter decorations, all edges uncut, and black end papers. With typo on page 284, Line 1, "Johnson" for "Johnston", and 32 page publisher's catalog dated October, 1888 at rear. Scott 9a: Whatmore F8. London: Spencer Blackett (1888), 286 pps. Good. Modestly sun darkened spine panel, slight forward lean, some soil and wear. Foxed page edges and prelims; cracked book block.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$64.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, in publisher's dark red cloth with gilt and black stamped spine and cover, black end papers, frontispiece and 15 additional full page b/w illustrations, chapter heads, illustrated initial letters, end of chapter decorations, all edges uncut, and black end papers. With typo on page 284, Line 1, "Johnson" for "Johnston", and 32 page publisher's catalog dated October, 1888 at rear. Scott 9a: Whatmore F8. London: Spencer Blackett (1888), 286 pps. Good. Sun darkened spine panel, is brittle with chipping at ends, modest soil spots, cracked hinges, bookplate on front paste down.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$67.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition in red cloth with gilt and black stamped spine and cover, black endpapers, frontispiece and 15 additional full page b/w illustrations. Spencer Blackett; London, 1888, 286 pps. Boards are soiled and worn, faded spine, corners and spine ends frayed with boards showing, cracked hinges, some pencil underlines throughout, bookplate on front pastedown.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, hardcover in decorated red cloth with black and gold titling to the front and gold titling to the spine, the hinges have been neatly repaired, and the binding has a couple thin pulls starting in the text block but remains solid overall. The book also has bumps to the spine ends and cover corners with the cloth starting to fray and wear, light sunning to the spine, rubbing with some spots of soiling and smudging to the covers, foxing starting to the first and last few pages and the edges of the text block, and a previous owner's name and date (89) to the half title page, otherwise a solid Good only copy.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard.. MR. MEESON'S WILL.. , 1888.
Price: US$77.30 + shipping
Description: 1888, London, Spencer Blackett, first edition, ppxvi + 286 + 32, black and white illustrations, red pictorial cloth, skilfully rebacked. Spine slightly faded, otherwise very good.
Seller: Graham York Rare Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first British edition, later issue book. Professionally repaired including new end paper, spine laid down and stabilized extremities. Boards in pictorial red cloth decorated in black and lettered in black and gilt. Black and gilt text on spine. This is a variant without the publisher's catalogue. Boards are soiled and spine is darkened. A few internal smudges but primarily clean. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, [Sir] H. Rider (1856-1925). Mr. Meeson's Will. London: Spencer Blackett, 1888, 1888.
Price: US$128.83 + shipping
Description: [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, Later issue without publisher's advertisements at rear. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.286. With 16 engraved plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black and gilt to spine and upper board. All edges untrimmed, black coated endpapers. Textblock shaken, light, very occasional spotting. Spine sunned, cloth rubbed and marked, ring mark to upper. Good. Remains a perfectly readable copy of this early Haggard novel and one of the author's more obscure works.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
HAGGARD, H. Rider. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Description: First impression. First state of text, with "Johnson" for "Johnston" on p.284; ads dated October 1888. Octavo. Publisher's red pictorial cloth; xviii,[19]-286pp; 32-pp. publisher's catalogue; engraved frontispiece, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates. Slightly over-opened at p.xvi; small perforation to cloth at crown of spine; small (ca 1/4") scuff to rear fixed endpaper; still a tight, presentable copy, Very Good. Engraved bookplate of F[rank] H. Goodyear inside front cover. Romance concerning fatal greed, the publishing industry, and a richly tattooed woman.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$148.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first UK edition in book form of this exciting H. Rider Haggard adventure novel, illustrated throughout. The first UK edition in book form. This was preceded by a version printed as the "Summer Number" of the Illustrated London News, released in June 1888, and by the authorized U.S. Harper & Brothers edition, also published in June 1888.The first UK edition in book form, first issue, with a thirty-one page catalogue dated October 1888 to the rear, as called for, alongside the typo of "Johnson" for "Johnston" on page 284.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated, complete.An early novel by H. Rider Haggard, revolving around a marooned man's will that has been tattooed on the back of a woman.With the former owner's inscription of A.R. Sullock to the recto of the frontispiece. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with discolouration to cloth of back strip. Small loss of cloth to spine head. Ink mark to tail of front joint. Front hinge a touch strained, but generally firmly held. Internally, binding a touch strained, but holding firm. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Publisher's catalogue unopened to head. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$149.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition - rare variant with floral end pages [see Scott 9A]. Publisher's dark red cloth with gilt and black stamped spine and cover, black end papers, frontispiece and 15 additional full page b/w illustrations [all present], chapter heads, illustrated initial letters, end of chapter decorations, all edges uncut, and floral end papers. With typo on page 284, Line 1, "Johnson" for "Johnston", and 32 page publisher's catalog dated October, 1888 at rear. Scott 9A: Whatmore F8. London: Spencer Blackett (1888), 286 pps. Good. Soiled cloth with damp stain on back cover, wear at lower tips. Foxed page edges and prelims; cracked book block. Inked name dated 1891 on title page.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, 1888.
Price: US$154.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth covers with gold & black decorative lettering and pictorial front panel; some grubbiness, especially to rear panel. Binding slightly loose but gutters not cracked; slightly spotted to prelims but generally bright & clean inside. Now protected with loose acetate cover. Language: eng
Seller: The Bookshop on the Heath Ltd, London, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$154.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A bright first edition copy of Haggard's novel Mr. Meeson's Will, with illustrations throughout. A first edition copy of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with the rare light floral end papers. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and fifteen further plates. Collated, complete. Ink inscription to the half title page. This intriguing novel by H. Rider Haggard concerns the greedy, wealthy owner of a publishing house, Mr. Meeson, who is shipwrecked with several others on one of the Kerguelen Islands. The second half of the book concerns a court battle, involving Mr. Meeson's Will, which is tattooed onto the back of Augusta Smithers. With a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear. All issue points correspond with Scott, 9a. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with fading to the spine and shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine. Small mark to the front board and spine. Rear hinge is starting but held firmly. Binding is slightly strained between page 240 and 241, but held firmly by cords. The rest of the pages are firmly bound, and are bright and clean. A small section of the front free end paper has been cut out. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, in publisher's dark red cloth with gilt and black stamped spine and cover, black end papers, frontispiece and 15 additional full page b/w illustrations, chapter heads, illustrated initial letters, end of chapter decorations, all edges uncut, and black end papers. With typo on page 284, Line 1, "Johnson" for "Johnston", and 16 page publisher's catalog dated October, 1888 at rear. Scott 9a: Whatmore F8. London: Spencer Blackett (1888), 286 pps. This copy has a sun darkened spine and repaired cloth tear at crown, still bright covers show modest wear. Slightly shaken, half-title page with inscription dated October 1888.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$157.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first UK edition in book form of this exciting H. Rider Haggard adventure novel, illustrated throughout. The first UK edition in book form. This was preceded by a version printed as the "Summer Number" of the Illustrated London News, released in June 1888, and by the authorized U.S. Harper & Brothers edition, also published in June 1888.The first UK edition in book form, first issue, with a thirty-one page catalogue dated October 1888 to the rear, as called for, alongside the typo of "Johnson" for "Johnston" on page 284.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated, complete.An early novel by H. Rider Haggard, revolving around a marooned man's will that has been tattooed on the back of a woman. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Small area of fading to head of rear board. Discolouration to back strip, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Ink spot to centre of back strip. Front hinge strained, and a touch tender. Internally, binding lightly strained throughout. Pages bright, with light spotting throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
HAGGARD, [Sir] H. Rider (1856-1925). Mr. Meeson's Will. London: Spencer Blackett, 1888, 1888.
Price: US$161.03 + shipping
Description: [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, Later issue without publisher's advertisements at rear. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.286. With 16 engraved plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black and gilt to spine and upper board. All edges untrimmed, black coated endpapers. Contents clean but for a little spotting to prelims, discreet owner stamp to half title. Binding handled, some sunning to extremities, rear panel a little soiled. Very good. An early Haggard novel and one of the author's more obscure works. Whatmore; A Bibliography of Henry Rider Haggard [F8].
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, London, 1888.
Price: US$193.24 + shipping
Description: A lovely first edition copy of Haggard's novel Mr. Meeson's Will, with sixteen illustrations. A first edition copy of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with plain black end papers. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and fifteen further plates. Collated, complete. Ink inscription to the half title page. This intriguing novel by H. Rider Haggard concerns the greedy, wealthy owner of a publishing house, Mr. Meeson, who is shipwrecked with several others on one of the Kerguelen Islands. The second half of the book concerns a court battle, involving Mr. Meeson's Will, which is tattooed onto the back of Augusta Smithers. The variant without the publisher's catalogue to the rear. All issue points correspond with Scott, 9a. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally very smart, though faded to the spine. Spine is slightly cocked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Meeson's Will. Spencer Blackett, 1888.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London spine slightly faded, overall quite good
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Haggard, H[enry] Rider. MR. MEESON'S WILL: A NOVEL .. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1888.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-270 [271-272: ads] [1] 2-12: ads, fly leaves at front and rear, original three-quarter cloth and marbled boards, spine panel stamped in gold, salmon coated endpapers. First authorized U.S. edition. This edition, published simultaneously in cloth and boards and in paper wrappers in June 1888 (listed Publishers Weekly 23 June 1888) probably preceded the version printed as the "Summer Number" of the Illustrated London News (published about 23 June 1888) and definitely preceded the Spencer Blackett edition (published in October 1888). This Harper & Brothers edition was possibly preceded by the John W. Lovell Company's pirated edition (issued as "Lovell's Library No. 1183" dated 20 June 1888). Hubin (1994), p. 361. McKay 9a. Scott 9b. Whatmore F8.6.c. Hint of rubbing to cloth at head and tail of spine panel and corners, a very good, bright copy. (#32319)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-ix] x-xiv [xv] xvi [xvii-xviii] [19] 20-286, sixteen full-page illustrations by A. Forestier and G. Montbard, original pictorial scarlet cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, black coated endpapers. First British edition in book form. A variant without the inserted 32-page publisher's catalogue dated October 1888. This edition, published in October 1888, was preceded by a version printed as the "Summer Number" of the Illustrated London News, published about 23 June 1888, and by the authorized U.S. Harper & Brothers edition published in June 1888 (listed Publishers Weekly 23 June 1888) and several U.S. pirated editions. Hubin (1994), p. 361. Sadleir 1090. Wolff 2874a. McKay 9b. Scott 9a. Whatmore F8. Spine panel lightly sunned, mild shallow fraying with slight loss of cloth at crown of spine panel, light wear to cloth at tail of spine panel, a very good copy with tight inner hinges. (#85678)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Haggard (H. Rider).. Mr. Meesons Will. Spencer Blackett,, 1888.
Price: US$405.80 + shipping
Description: Frontispiece and plates by A. Forestier and G. Montbard, initials and head- and tailpieces Cloth somewhat marked, spine a little darkened, a little foxing and browning at beginning and end, small corner missing from front free end-paper, otherwise a nice copy Scott 9a; McKay 9b; Sadleir 1090 The American edition precedes by a few months Original pictorial cloth decorated in black and lettered in black and gilt First English Edition (with the publishers catalogue at end).
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. MR. MEESON'S WILL. Spencer Blackett 1888, 1888.
Price: US$522.00 + shipping
Description: MR. MEESON'S WILL, Spencer Blackett, 1888, first edition, a bright very good to very good+ copy in black and gold-gilt pictorial stamped cloth. Illustrated.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Haggard (H. Rider).. Mr. Meesons Will. Spencer Blackett,, 1888.
Price: US$574.89 + shipping
Description: Frontispiece and plates by A. Forestier and G. Montbard, initials and head- and tailpieces Binding a little marked and rubbed, text block a little loose, occasional slight spotting, but a nice copy Scott 9a; McKay 9b; Sadleir 1090 The American edition precedes by a few months. Together with the first appearance of the story in The Illustrated London News, Summer 1888 (Scott 9; McKay 9), without upper wrapper. Together two volumes. Original pictorial cloth decorated in black and lettered in black and gilt First English Edition (with the publishers catalogue at end).
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom