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Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Cassell and Company, 1908. First Edition with publisher's advertisements dated "8/08" at bottom of p. [1]. Octavo; publisher's blue decorative cloth, front cover and spine embossed in gilt; viii,376,12pp.; frontispiece (tissue guard), seven (7) leaves of plates. Spine cocked and rather toned, brief scuffing at corners, opens flatly between a few gatherings, else Very Good, internally clean and sound overall. Later novel by Haggard, first sketched out while convalescing at Rudyard Kipling's home where the two authors "[wrote] down our ideas in alternate sentences upon the same sheet of foolscap" (cf. Whatmore). [Scott 50; Whatmore F32].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. The Ghost Kings. Cassell and Company, London, 1908.
Price: US$114.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A smart first edition copy of Haggard's adventure novel The Ghost Kings, with illustrations. A first edition, second impression copy of The Ghost Kings, as stated on the title page.The Ghost Kings is a novel of mystery and adventure set in what is now South Africa.Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure fiction and romances that were usually set within exotic locations.With eight illustrations including the frontispiece by A. C. Michael. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some fading to the spine. A previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages with some scattered spots to the odd page. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Ghost Kings by H. Rider Haggard (Second Printing) A.C. Michael art A firm square copy with some fraying to corner tips and edges. Owners' bookplate and names to front endpapers. No jacket present. Second Impression, stated. Illustrations by A.C. Michael.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. The Ghost Kings. Cassell and Company, London, 1908.
Price: US$205.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition in publisher's blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on spine and decorated in gilt on cover. Eight full page illustrations including the tissue guarded frontispiece [all present] by A.C. Michael. Eight pages of catalog dated 8.08 printed in green at rear. Scott 50; Whatmore F32. London: Cassell and Company, (1908), 376 pages. This Good+ copy has some sun fading to spine, and cloth shows some wear and rubbing. Toned end pages, cracked hinges.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$254.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An illustrated edition of H. Rider Haggard's mystery adventure work, illustrated by A. C. Michael. This work is set on the borders of Zululand in Africa, and comprises a classic Haggardian adventure.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.Undated; dated from copies on Jisc. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, spine is a touch faded, with bumping to the head and tail. Internally generally firmly bound, rear hinge is exposed but not strained. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. The Ghost Kings. Cassell and Company, London, 1908.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition in publisher's blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on spine and decorated in gilt on cover. Eight full page illustrations including the tissue guarded frontispiece by A.C. Michael. Eight pages of catalog dated 8.08 printed in green at rear. Scott 50; Whatmore F32. London: Cassell and Company, (1908), 376 pages. This VG copy has a sunned spine, soft spine ends and some fraying at spine ends and tips. Hinges holding with book store bookplate on f.f.e., abrasions of removed book plates on both paste downs, signed name on title page.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. The Ghost Kings. Cassell and Company, London, 1908.
Price: US$390.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition in publisher's blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on spine and decorated in gilt on cover. Eight full page illustrations including the tissue guarded frontispiece by A.C. Michael. Eight pages of catalog dated 8.08 printed in green at rear. Scott 50; Whatmore F32. London: Cassell and Company, (1908), 376 pages. This Fine copy has a sunned spine, soft spine ends. Still square and firm binding with clean interior with a very small bookstore sticker on front paste down.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.