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Haggard, H. Rider. The Mahatma and the Hare. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1911.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company:, 1911. First edition, hardcover, very Good sans dust jacket as issued, 165 pp. A clean, straight and tight copy with dust head, modest toning and very light damp stain to lower extremity of text block. All the (lovely) Hprton and Brock illustrations intact and unscathed. First edition, hardcover, very Good sans dust jacket as issued,
Seller: Ziesings, Shingletown, CA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. The Mahatma and the Hare. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1911.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Clean copy of an uncommon Book. The print run was 1500 copies.
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated First American Edition, 1 of 1500 copies. Octavo. Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Novel by English writer of adventure novels and pioneer of the Lost World literary genre. In Bleiler. Very good, slight mottling to covers.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Mahatma and The Hare: A Dream Story. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1911.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition in green cloth, stamped in black on spine and on cover. Frontispiece and 11 other b/w illustrations by W.T. Horton and H. M. Brock. 12 pages of ads dated "vii '10" at rear. Scott 58A: Whatmore F38 (6a). New York: Henry Holt and Company (1911), 165 pages. This VG copy has some edge wear modest rubbing; toned front endpapers have abrasions from removed bookplate/clipping. Cracked rear hinge.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. The Mahatma and the HaRE. HENRY HOLT AND Co, 1911.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York, very good plus, Ist edition, A dream story. With 12 illustrations by Messrs. W.T. Horton and H.M. Brock, R.I. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. First American edition, published the same day as the British edition (October 16, 1911). The American edition consisted of 1,500 copies, while the British totalled 5,000. 8vo., green cloth, stamped in gilt; 165pp. + ads.
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Price: US$131.52 + shipping
Description: 165[+ publisher's ads]pp. Octavo. First American edition. Publisher's green cloth with gold gilt lettering and an illustration stamped to the front board, as well as gold gilt lettering stamped to the spine. Illustrated with twelve black and white plates, including the frontispiece. Very minor rubbing along the edges of the boards; slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally clean and tight. Overall, a very good to near fine copy. Sir Henry Rider Haggard (22 June 1856- 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. This is the first American edition of this book, which was printed at the same time as the UK first, but limited to 1500 copies--there were 5000 copies of the first UK edition. The illustrations were done by W. T. Horton and H. M. Brock.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
H. Rider Haggard. Mahatma and The Hare: A Dream Story. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1911.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition in green cloth, variant binding stamped in gilt on spine and on cover. Frontispiece and 11 other b/w illustrations by W.T. Horton and H. M. Brock. 12 pages of ads dated "vii '10" at rear. Scott 58A: Whatmore F38 (6a). New York: Henry Holt and Company (1911), 165 pages. This VG+ copy has some edge wear and bookseller pencils.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Mahatma and The Hare: A Dream Story. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1911.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition in green cloth, stamped in black on spine and on cover. Frontispiece and 11 other b/w illustrations by W.T. Horton and H. M. Brock. 12 pages of ads dated "vii '10" at rear. Scott 58A: Whatmore F38 (6a). New York: Henry Holt and Company (1911), 165 pages. A Fine copy with sun darkened spine and neatly affixed bookplate to the front paste down.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. The Mahatma and the Hare. Henry Holt, New York, 1911.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth A nice copy of this strange book. Uncommon Lettered in black on front cover and spine with a depiction of a hare in black circled in black on front cover. Twelve pages of publisher's ads dated (vii' 10) Near Fine with a bit of rubbing to extremities
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. The Mahatma And The Hare / A Dream Story. Henry Holt; NY; 1911/1911/Pu, 1911.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: ; 165 pp.; ; F-; ".a little book, that, up to the present, has no great public vogue. Largely, this is because so many of the papers neglected it as though it were something improper. Their reason was, I think, that they feared to give offence to that great section of their readers who, directly or indirectly, are interested in sport, by extended notices of a parable which doubtless in its essence amounts to an attack upon our habit of killing other creatures for amusement."--Haggard in The Days of My Life This first American edition, published the same day as the British, was only 1500 copies (vs.5000 British). Very slightly cocked. . Whatmore=F.38(.2.a) McKay=51.2. [kwA_ 1st Ed. ]
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. The Mahatma and the Hare. A Dream Story. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1911.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. Haggard is famous for his adventure novels; one does not usually associate him with a spiritual fantasy such as this. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition [stated "Published October, 1911"]. A small edition of 1500 copies, with 5000 published on the same day in England. Dark green cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. The bunny in question is also on the front cover, in gilt. There is a variant Holt binding without the gilt. Clean text; 165 pages, with a 12-page publisher's catalog [dated vii' 10] in the rear. There are twelve black-and-white illustrations by W.T. Horton and H.M. Brock. Hints only of rub to the tips and offset to the endpapers. Else a Fine copy, quite attractive. In an archival plastic protector. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by W.T. Horton and H.M. Brock, R.I. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. The Mahatma and the Hare. Henry Holt, New York, 1911.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth A very nice copy of this strange book. Uncommon Lettered in black on front cover and spine with a depiction of a hare in black circled in black on front cover. Twelve pages of publisher's ads dated (vii' 10) Just about Fine with a book plate on the front paste-down
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
Haggard, H. Rider. The Mahatma and the Hare. Henry Holt, New York, 1911.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth A very nice copy of this strange book. Uncommon Lettered in black on front cover and spine with a depiction of a hare in black circled in black on front cover. Twelve pages of publisher's ads dated (vii' 10) Near Fine with a gift inscription on ffepp
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, H. Rider. MAHATMA AND THE HARE. , 1911.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: HAGGARD, H. Rider. THE MAHATMA AND THE HARE. A dream story. With 12 illustrations by Messrs. W.T. Horton and H.M. Brock, R.I. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. First American edition, published the same day as the British edition (October 16, 1911). The American edition consisted of 1,500 copies, while the British totalled 5,000. 8vo., green cloth, stamped in gilt; 165pp. + ads. Spotting at cloth, else a very good copy. (Allen 36).
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. Mahatma and The Hare: A Dream Story. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1911.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Inscribed First American edition in green cloth, variant binding stamped in gilt on spine and on cover. Frontispiece and 11 other b/w illustrations by W.T. Horton and H. M. Brock. 12 pages of ads dated "vii '10" at rear. Scott 58A: Whatmore F38 (6a). Inscribed on the half-title page: "To/Belita Stevens/from/H. Rider Haggard/Ditchingham/19 Nov. 1911". Belita Stivens was the wife of Dr. Lyne Stivens, Haggard's friend and physician. Dr. Stiven's name appears in Haggard's autobiography and in his books: A FARMERS YEAR and RURAL ENGLAND. Inscription dated one month after publication. New York: Henry Holt and Company (1911), 165 pages. A well preserved copy with modest wear at spine ends and tips; "Queens House School" in blue ink on f.f.e.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.