Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
H RIDER HAGGARD. SWALLOW. LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO, LONDON, 1899.
Price: US$15.46 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Navy Blue cloth on Bevel edged boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and front, 190 x 135 mm approx. Publisher's bible black end paper, x + 348 pp. Frontis + 6 other b/w illustrations NB Lacks one plate. First Edition 1899. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Fair (Book shelf wear and soiling to cloth incl. a 3 cm approx split to gutter of front board with attendant fraying at head. Dust ingression spots to top margin with varying accompanying foxing spots to margins and occasionally whole leaves, a few corners turned form a reading. No previous owner name or insc. Cracks to end papers mull and sewing holding.Offered and priced as a reading copy of the first edition).
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Haggard, H.R.. Swallow. Longmans, Green, 1899.
Price: US$15.46 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Spine split along rear hinge. Weight: 1.0 Language: English
Seller: Acanthophyllum Books, Holywell, FLINT, United Kingdom
HAGGARD, H. Rider. SWALLOW. Longmans, Green, London, 1899.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Good- condition, first edition, octavo, blue cloth, bevelled edges, titles in gilt across front and spine, original ownership in pencil on front free end paper and dated 1899, damp staining to upper edges of text block and some foxing, otherwise Good to very good condition, illustrated with eight plates, ix 348 pages. [QP]
Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
HAGGARD, H. Rider. Swallow: a tale of the great trek. Longmans, Green, London, 1899.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Description: With B&W illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Board edges bevelled; very slight dents in board edges; bookplate on blank page opposite half-title page; spine bumped; binding tight; small ink stain on page fore-edge. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in dark blue cloth with gilt
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. Swallow. Longmans, Green, London, 1899.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One corner is bumped.
Seller: Beach Hut Books, Lingfield, United Kingdom
HAGGARD H Rider. Swallow a Tale of the Great Trek. Longmans, Green, 1899.
Price: US$22.86 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1899-01-01. Longmans, Green. Hardcover. GOOD Gilt titles, blue boards. Bevelled edges. Loose pages. Spine is frayed. 8x5
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
HAGGARD, H. Rider. Swallow A Tale of the Great Trek. Longmans, Green, and Co, New York, 1899.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Later. Later Edition. Good only, front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting to crack, spine and covers stained and soiled, spine ends bumped, bookplate on front pastedown, owners inscription on top of first page of letter from Haggard to Sir Marshal Clarke, owners stamps on second free end paper, some brown spotting on pages.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Uncommon title. First American edition with decorative cover. Boards with heavy wear and heavy red staining and soiling; pages wrinkled and dusty with age toning and soiling. Fair only; priced accordingly. Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856 – 1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. Swallow is set in South Africa during the Boer Trek of 1836.
Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, H. Rider.. Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek.. Longmans, Green, and Co.,, NY:, 1899.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated with 12 black and white plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen. First edition thus. Octavo, bound in tan cloth with gilt, red, and green lettering and design. Dark mottling along the spine, thus only good. Text is clean and binding is sound. No dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.77 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 5 x 7.25 inches. v + [v] + 348 pp. Half title. Bound in original blue cloth, gilt. Bevelled edges. Extremities a little worn and some light foxing, otherwise good condition. Bookplate or label has been removed from pastedown, ownership inscription on half title. Illustrated by 8 plates, including title page. 'Over twenty years have passed since we found some unique opportunities of observing Boer and Kaffir character in company; therefore it is not perhaps out of place that should ask you to allow me to put your name upon a book which deals more or less with the peculiarities of those races - a tale of the great Trek of 1836.' (dedication to Lieut.-Colonel Sir Marshall Clarke, R.A., K.C.M.G.). ART / LITERATURE FICTION LIT. FICTION ENGLISH 19TH CENTURY ART / LITERATURE
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
H Rider Haggard. Swallow. Longmans Green & Co., London, 1899.
Price: US$25.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "New impression."; April, 1899 reprint; "Printed from American plates". Dark-blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and bright gilt lettering to front; bevelled edges. Black eps; W.H.Smith, London" embossed on fep. 348 pages., + frontis &7 other b&w illus. by Maurice Greiffenhagen. 16 pages of Methuen book list. Book tight & clean.
Seller: Carrick-White Ltd., West Looe Cornwall, United Kingdom
HAGGARD H Rider. Swallow. Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1899.
Price: US$32.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 348pp. Bevelled blue buckram boards with titles to front and spine. Small ownership stamp to half title. Boards very lightly bumped. Some light foxing throughout but overall clean and tight. A very nice copy.
Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek. Longmans, Green, & Co., NY, 1899.
Price: US$34.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 348 pages + ads for other titles + 11 glossy b/w illustrated plates; glossy b/w il'd frontis with tissue guard; text clean, previous owner name & date in ink on front eps; slight lean to spine; 7.5" tall; gilt, red & green decor on front of soiled tan cover; small hole in darkened spine; no dj
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, H. Rider. Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek. Longmans, Green and Co, New York, 1899.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition (preceding the UK edition). Decorated cloth. Contemporary owner name, tiny bookstore label, spine quite toned, a good or better copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Haggard H RIder. Swallow. Longmans Green and Company, New York, 1899.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. Condition: Good. 1899. 348 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Outside pages soiled, internally clean and without marks. Very Good condition. Blue boards are still bright and gilt is as well. first edition, second printing.Black pastedowns.Text and illustrations remains bright and clean, binding is secure,
Seller: All About Authors, Englewood, CO, U.S.A.
Haggard H Rider. Swallow. Longmans Green & Co., London, 1899.
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth covers with bevelled edges. 8 black and white plates by Greiffenhagen. Tissue guarded fronticepiece which is loose. Black end papers which have some powdery marks. Internally clean with no inscriptions.
Seller: Valuable Volumes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
RIDER HAGGARD, H.. Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1899.
Price: US$45.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Broadhursts of Southport Ltd ABA ILAB BA, Southport, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek. Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1899.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First American and True First Edition (preceding the British) in publisher's tan cloth covered boards, cover and spine decorated and lettered in red, green and gilt. Eight full page illustrations including the tissue guarded frontispiece by Maurice Greiffenhagen. 24 pages of ads at rear. Scott 31A : Whatmore F22 (6b). New York: Longmans, Green and Co., (1899), 348 pages. Good copy with darkened spine, some wear and soiling to cloth, illustration on page 143 missing.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider.. SWALLOW: A TALE OF THE GREAT TREK.. Longmans, Green, 1899.
Price: US$52.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1899. Longmans, Green. Hard Cover. Book- VG, gilt titles on front board and spine, blue boards. 7.5x5. 348pp. Tissue-guarded frontis, 7 b/w illus. This novel is based around the Great Trek of the Voortrekkers leaving the Cape Colony, which lasted from 1836 to 1840.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
H. RIDER HAGGARD. SWALLOW A TALE OF THE GREAT TREK. LONGMANS, GREEN & CO, LONDON, 1899.
Price: US$57.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, FRONTIS + SEVERAL FULL PAGE BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 X 5 INCHES. LIGHT GENERAL COVER WEAR, PRIVATE BOOKPLATE TO INNER FRONT BOARD, SOME LIGHT SCATTERED FOXING TO ENDPAPERS & PAGES BUT WITH THE VERY OCCASIONAL PAGE WITH SOME HEAVIER MARKS OR FOXING. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH CLOTH COVER BRIGHT & BOARDS FIRMLY ATTACHED. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Swallow. Longmans, Green and Co., London, New York and Bombay, 1899.
Price: US$61.84 + shipping
Description: An illustrated new impression of H. Rider Haggard's novel, set during the Boer Trek of 1836. 'Swallow' is an adventure novel, set in South Africa during the Boer Trek of 1836.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.Illustrated with eight full plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine resulting in a chip to the tail. Contemporary ownership inscription to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Description: , viii, [2] 348 pages, 8 black and white plates including frontispiece First Edition , small dent to spine, light rubbing to top of spine and corners, a couple of dents to board edges, slight marking to rear board, binding firm, cloth and gilt bright, light foxing to endpapers and prelims but many pages clean, very good condition , blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front board , octavo, 19 cm x 113 cm Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. SWALLOW. Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1899.
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edges a little dusty o/w vg throughout.
Seller: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. Swallow. A Tale of the Great Trek. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1899.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: First state points. Slight lean but a nice copy.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: [First edition]. Original slate-blue cloth a little bruised at corners and spine ends, with a small tear at top of rear joint (with slight loss): gilt lettering bright and fresh. Internally clean and tight, with some pages creased across corners and, sadly, lacking the tipped in plate at p.63. This apart, a very good copy.
Seller: Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller, ABAC, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$67.18 + shipping
Description: 8vo. b/w illus. Near fine original blue cloth copy with shelf wear and some scratches and marks.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Haggard, H. Rider.. Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek.. New York: Longmans, Green., 1899.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. second state(?). Cover design by Amy Richards, plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen, with four illustrations by W. Hatherall not in U.K. edition issued days later. 348 pp., illus., [24] pp. of ads in rear. VG- in tan cloth, covers a bit darkened, spine more so, in clear protective mylar jacket, provenance John Ruyle with his notes in pencil on end paper.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Very good condition hardcover with black and white plates Gold, Red and Green embossed cover with similiar design on spine. Light olive cloth aged spine residue of price tag inside cover. light spots to cover slight lean.
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG-. First American Edition. Swallow A Tale of the Great Trek by H. Rider Haggard: London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. Eight illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen, dark blue cloth over bevel-edged boards, front and spine panels stamped in gilt, black coated endpapers.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York, London, Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. Haggard was one of the best factual reporters on the Boer War; this adventure novel is set much earlier, during the Trek of 1836. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition, which precedes that of the UK (which is more common). Tan cloth binding, ruled on the front cover, with a fancy title decoration in red, green, and gilt. The design is repeated on the spine; "Haggard" in green, "Longmans" in gilt. Clean text; ix, 348 pages, with 24 pages of publisher adverts in the rear. Frontis illustration and eleven others (four more than the UK edition). Mild bumps; spine has darkened; rubbed at margins; soiling to the surfaces. Not a beauty, but a solid copy of an uncommon title by the prolific author. First American Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$77.30 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. blue cloth. beveled boards. gilt letters. [i-viii]. [2]. 348pp. 8 illustrations. intermittent light foxing otherwise a good copy.
Seller: Tyger Press PBFA, London, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1899.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition in publisher's blue cloth covered bevel edged boards, gilt lettered spine and cover, black end papers. Eight full page illustrations including the tissue guarded frontispiece by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Scott 31 : Whatmore F22. London: Longmans, Green and Co., (1899), 348 pages. VG copy modest bubbling on cover, cloth has some modest rubbing, slight forward lean and small rip in cloth at crown. Inked name to half title page, and cracked spine at page 337.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Swallow. Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899.
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Swallow, H.Rider Haggard, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899, First Edition, First Impression Adapted into a 1922 South African film, this story is set in South Africa during the Boar Trek of 1836 and combines both romance and adventure. The book is illustrated throughout by Maurice Greiffen Hagen with the first drawing protected by the original tissue paper. This is a First Edition, First Impression in very good condition. The binding is straight and tight, the boards are clean considering the age of the book and the gilt lettering on the front board and darkened spine is bright. The black end papers and pages are clean without marks, tears or inscriptions. There is a neat ownership plate attached to the rear of the front board. The pages of the book have some foxing. A highly collectable book which would make an impressive addition to a library or a wonderful gift. Will be dispatched wrapped in bubblewrap and in a cardboard box.
Seller: Grimes Hill Book Club, Wythall, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. Swallow. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899.
Price: US$99.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st American ed., Longmans, New York, 1899 (Copyright 1898). Square and completely unmarked copy. Decorative boards with moderate wear and toning that is darkest at spine; no dust jacket. Lightly toned interior; 12 illustrations including frontispiece.
Seller: HOWLGLEN, Seven Valleys, PA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1899.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition in publisher's blue cloth covered bevel edged boards, gilt lettered spine and cover, black end papers. Eight full page illustrations including the tissue guarded frontispiece by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Scott 31 : Whatmore F22. London: Longmans, Green and Co., (1899), 348 pages. Nearly Fine copy with white fading spots at front edge of both covers, inked name to 2nd free end paper, cracked rear hinge.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. SWALLOW. A Tale of the Great Trek. Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1899.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Printed from the American plates, Bound in dark blue cloth over beveled boards, lettering gilt. A clean bright copy showing minor wear. 348 pp. Frontispiece and all black and white illustrations by M. Greiffenhagen present.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Swallow. Longmans, Green, And Co., 1899.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1899 Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Beveled edges. No dust jacket. Black endpapers. Black and white frontispiece and plates. Previous owner bookplate. Book Well kept and carefully stored with slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned with the usual signs of wear and/or age. Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925), author of "King Solomon's Mines", combines romance and exotic adventure in this novel of the Voortrekkers of 1836: Swallow is a Dutch girl raised in South Africa among the Kaffirs. Lonely, she gazes from shore over the waves of a storm-tossed sea, and dreams of a brother entering her life . . . and soon finds herself face-to-face with a shipwrecked waif cast ashore by the storm. Swallow grows to love the English boy Ralph Kenzie. He returns her love -- but must face the murderous Swart Piet, who is intent on taking Swallow for himself -- and equally set on bringing war to the region. Torn from Ralph's side, Swallow faces adventures of her own alongside Sihamba, the Kaffir witch-doctoress. Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (1856-1925) was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations. After failing his army entrance exam he was sent to a private 'crammer' in London to prepare for the entrance exam for the British Foreign Office, for which he never sat. Haggard's father sent him to Africa in an unpaid position as assistant to the secretary to Lieutenant-Governor of Natal Sir Henry Bulwer. Heavily influenced by the larger-than-life adventurers he met in Colonial Africa, the great mineral wealth discovered in Africa, and the ruins of ancient lost civilizations in Africa such as Great Zimbabwe, Haggard created his Allan Quatermain adventures. Haggard also wrote about agricultural and social issues reform, in part inspired by his experiences in Africa, but also based on what he saw in Europe. Haggard is most famous as the author of the best-selling novel King Solomon's Mines (1885). A few of his other well-known works are She (1887), Allan Quatermain (1888), Eric Brighteyes (1891) and Ayesha (1895).
Seller: River House Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$128.83 + shipping
Description: [Historical Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] x; 348. With eight black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Greiffenhagen. Publisher's dark navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, with bevelled edges and black-coated endpapers. Blind W.H. Smith stamp to fly-leaf. Moderate spotting throughout. Light wear to cloth. Very good. A novel about the Boer trek of 1836. Serialised in The Graphic magazine from July 1898. Whatmore, 'H. Rider Haggard: A Bibliography' (London 1987), F22.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. First edition, first impression, first state with all points ( lines 21 and 22 on p. 107 transposed, and "hes aid" on p. 250 ). Very good indeed with bright gilt on excellent dark navy boards Bookplate of lifetime Haggard collector Dennis Gordon on black front free endpaper. Slight lean. Small ownership stamp of H.F. Jaggard. Set during the Boer Trek of 1936. Only 10 000 copies of the First Edition were printed. All 8 full page illustrations including the Frontispiece are present and all are by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Hardback. No dj.
Seller: Treasure House Books, Franschhoek, WCAPE, South Africa
Haggard, H. Rider. SWALLOW. Longmans Green, 1899.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: SWALLOW, Longmans Green, 1899, first edition, a tight bright vg+ copy.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. Swallow. Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1899.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: HB Blue cloth over heavy bevelled boards. Black end papers. The American edition actually preceeds the English.
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.81 + shipping
Description: First edition. (issued a few days before the English edition). With four additional illustrations by W. Hatherall not in the English edition. 8vo., orig. tan cloth decorated in red, gilt and green, viii, 348, (24)pp.ads. With illustrations. Name, spine a bit darkened o/w a nice copy. Allen 56, Whatmore F22 6b, Scott 31a.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$161.03 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A first edition of Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek by H. Rider Haggard. Illustrated with eight plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (1856 - 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. Maurice Greiffenhagen (1862 - 1931) was a British painter and Royal Academician. He illustrated books and designed posters as well as painting idyllic landscapes. W. H. Smith and Son, London blindstamp to front free endpaper. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound but with slight wear to extremities, rubbing and occasional marks to boards. Hinges strained. Internally, generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places. Bright but with slight scattered foxing and handling marks. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. Swallow. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, New York and Bombay, 1899.
Price: US$167.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition of Rider Haggard's novel set during the Boer Trek of 1836, illustrated with eight full plates. 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.'Swallow' is set in South Africa during the Boer Trek of 1836.This is a first edition.With eight full-plate illustrations, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with a few stains to the boards and the spine, which is bumped to the head and tail, a little cocked. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd spot. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
HAGGARD, H. RIDER.. Swallow. London: Longmans, Green, 1899, 1899.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 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.
Haggard H. Rider. Swallow, A Tale of The Great Trek. Longmans Green and Co, London UK, 1899.
Price: US$186.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original dark blue bevelled boards with gilt lettering on the front board and spine. Lightly darkened spine with small nicks on the top end. Light rubbing and marks to the boards. Slight wear to the corners. Intact black end papers. Signature dated 1921 on the front free page. Tissue guarded frontis illustration plus seven other illustrations within the text. Foxing throughout the book.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. Swallow. Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1899.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: HB Blue cloth over heavy bevelled boards. Black end papers. The American edition actually preceeds the English.
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Swallow. Longmans Green and Co, 1899.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: very nice copy of this Haggard Ist English
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Haggard (H. Rider).. Swallow; a tale of the great trek. Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1899.
Price: US$202.91 + shipping
Description: Frontispiece and plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen Some foxing, otherwise a very nice copy Scott 31; McKay 26a; Sadleir 1093 Published about a month after the American edition. Original blue bevelled cloth lettered in gilt
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Haggard (H. Rider).. Swallow; a tale of the great trek. Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1899.
Price: US$202.91 + shipping
Description: Frontispiece and plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen Cloth a little marked, upper hinge cracked and just a little spotting, but a very nice, bright copy Scott 31; McKay 26a; Sadleir 1093 Published about a month after the American edition. Original blue bevelled cloth lettered in gilt
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Edition. Scarce; Longmans' Colonial Library soft cover edition. Light blue wraps decorated and lettered in dark blue, dated 1899 on title page, and measures 7 1/8" X 4 3/4". Tissue guarded frontispiece and seven additional full page plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen [all present]. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. (1899), 348 pages. Good. Back cover taped on, spine panel cracked and chipped, cover has wear and inked name. Matching inked name on half title page and title page, off-white to tan pages.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Swallow. Longmans Green and Co, 1899.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: very nice copy tight and clean, first edition
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Scarce; Longmans' Colonial Library hardcover edition. 1st Edition - this edition of Jan. 1899 precedes the 1st US edition of Feb. 1899 and the 1st UK domestic issue of March 1899. Red and white linen, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine, blue patterned end pages. Tissue guarded frontispiece and seven additional full page plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen [all present]. Whatmore F22 6(c) London: Longmans, Green, and Co. (1899), 348 pages. Good. Spine has been sunned to a brown color, cloth has a few soil spots. Dust darkened page edges, vertical crease on front free end page, tan colored pages.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, H. RIDER. Swallow. Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1899.
Price: US$226.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board and to spine. Black and white frontispiece and plates. There is some fading to the cloth along the fore edge of the front board and to the spine, which has turned it a deep green. pp 247 and 249 have closed tears to the fore edge that just touch the text: these have been professionally sealed. The pages of the book around this point are heavily foxed: this fades away as you move forward and backward through the text block.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Haggard, H Rider. Swallow. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1899.
Price: US$245.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: bound in blue beveled boards, 348 pp. This copy with minor spotting to the front cover, modest rubbing to the tips. Copyright 1898 with 1899 on title page, hes aid 9n p 250,transposed lines on p 107.
Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Swallow. Longmans, Green and Co., New York and Bombay, 1899.
Price: US$251.21 + shipping
Description: A lovely first edition copy of H. Rider Haggard's novel, illustrated and in the publisher's original binding. 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.'Swallow' is set in South Africa during the Boer Trek of 1836.This is a first edition.With eight full-plate illustrations, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, minor wear only. Gift inscription to the front endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound, front hinge is starting but firm, pages are bright and clean bar the odd spot. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. Swallow. Longmans Green, 1899.
Price: US$261.00 + shipping
Description: SWALLOW, Longmans Green, 1899, first edition, top page edges dusty, else a near fine, bright copy. Uncommon this nice. Illustrated.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. Swallow, A Tale of the Great Trek. Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, 1899.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Bevelled edges. No dust jacket. Black endpapers. Black and white frontispiece and plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Edge Gilt, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, H. Rider. Swallow. A Tale of the Great Trek. , 1899.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: HAGGARD, H. Rider. Swallow. A Tale of the Great Trek. Orig. cloth with beveled edges. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. First edition. Sadleir 1093. Wolff 2885. MacKay 26a. Scott 31. Fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, H. Rider.. Swallow.. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899., 1899.
Price: US$282.78 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, bevelled edges, (x), 348pp. With illustrations. Small square piece clipped from front e/paper, name, light spotting on the rear cover o/w a very good copy.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
HAGGARD, H. Rider.. Swallow - A Tale of the Great Trek.. Longmans, Green, & Co, London., 1899.
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp x, 348. Eight black and white plates. Original blue buckram covers gilt, bevelled edges.Small ownership signature on verso of front free endpaper. Trace of an erasure to front free endpaper. Sporadic foxing, most heavily on the last few leaves. Very good indeed.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom