Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fair (Black tape on spine) EMAIL for Pictures
Seller: Pepper's Old Books, Hanson, KY, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. The Wizard. J.W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1896.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1896. First Edition, "Bristol Library Edition," being one of the 20,000 copies bound in brown cloth and without original wraps. 12mo. 208 + 32 pp. advertisements. Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt; charcoal endpapers. Light wear to edges and joints. Slight lean to spine but binding sound. Bookseller ticket to front pastedown, and pages otherwise unmarked. Very Good. [Whatmore F20].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. The Wizard. J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd., Bristol, 1896.
Price: US$128.83 + shipping
Description: 248 pp., Spine faded. Boards loose.
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Haggard H Rider. The Wizard. J.W.Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1896.
Price: US$135.27 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue/gray covers with dark blue titles to front and spine.Front hinge a little weak No internal markings or foxing.Spine sunned and a small portion along the top of the front cover.248pp plus 3 pages "i'd like to take up pelmanism,But"
Seller: Valuable Volumes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. The Wizard - Arrowsmith's Annual Christmas 1896. J.W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1896.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Scarce. First edition. Arrowsmith's Annual Christmas 1896. This one shilling paperback has an illustrated 2-color cover with a vignette of Haggard, 4 leaves of prelim ads, dedication page, table of contents and the novel paginated from page 3-208. Four leaves of ads plus 8-page catalogue at rear. Whatmore F20, Scott 28. Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith (1896), 208 pages. Fair to good copy. Heavily taped along spine and with reinforcing clear tape along edges and corners of both covers. Spine lean and crease tear along cover.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first hardback of The Wizard appears in two versions; here is the Arrowsmith's Bristol Library Version in brown cloth with gilt lettered spine and with the cover lettered and bordered in black, brown end papers, approx. 6 1/2" X 4". 24 pages of ads at rear. Scott 28 : Whatmore F20(6a2). Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, (1896), 208 pages. This VG copy has a distinct forward lean with modest soil on back cover, some rubbing and wear, bookplate on front paste down.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. The Wizard - Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual. J.W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1896.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Wizard Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual Version - bound wraps version. Contemporary binding in blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine with cream colored end pages. Approx. 6 3/4" X 4 1/4 ". This contains the complete wraps version with both covers and all ads. Scott 28 : Whatmore F20. Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, (1896), 208 pages. Very Fine. The paperback is in Fine condition with off-white to light tan pages, and a tiny chip on front cover bound into a handsome Fine binding.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. The Wizard - Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual. J.W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1896.
Price: US$198.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first hardback of The Wizard appears in two versions; here is the Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual version [not Bristol version]. in brown cloth with gilt lettered spine and with the cover lettered and bordered in black, brown end papers, approx. 6 1/2" X 4". 10 pages of ads at rear. Scott 28 : Whatmore F20(6a1). Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, (1896), 208 pages. A Nearly Fine copy with modest wear, slightly shaken, inked name at the top of the first ad page.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$198.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first hardback of The Wizard appears in two versions; here is the Arrowsmith's Bristol Library Version [not Christmas version] in brown cloth with gilt lettered spine and with the cover lettered and bordered in black, brown end papers, approx. 6 1/2" X 4". 32 pages of ads at rear. Scott 28 : Whatmore F20(6a2). Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, (1896), 208 pages. A Fine copy with a touch of wear, previous owner's info of f.f.e and on verso of f.f.e.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. The Wizard. J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol; London, 1896.
Price: US$289.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A later issue of the first Bristol edition of H. Rider Haggard's imperialist adventure novel. Published in the same year as the first edition, which was published in two forms; the Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual version, and the Arrowsmith's Bristol Library Version.This is a later Bristol Library Version, in paper boards rather than the original cloth, and is without the double ruled border to the title page.With the correct first line 'I'd like to take up Pelmanism, but-' of the advertisements to the rear.Scott, 28.With three pages of advertisements to the rear.A thrilling adventure novel, Haggard presents a third-person narrative that follows the journey of Reverend Thomas Owen as he seeks to carry out missionary work in south central Africa, amongst the Amasuka tribe. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Boards bright, with back strip age toned. Tail of rear joint starting, with board lightly tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, with only the odd spot. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. The Wizard. J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol; London, 1896.
Price: US$1281.82 + shipping
Description: The first edition of H. Rider Haggard's imperialist adventure novel. The Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual edition, in the very scarce publisher's original paper wraps. The first edition of this work, which was published in two forms, the Christmas Annual Edition, and the Bristol Library version.This is the October 29, 1896, first printing of 20,000 copies. Scott, 28.In an attractive quarter morocco clamshell case, with marbled paper covered boards.This is the Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual Edition, in the very scarce 'one shilling' paper wraps, rather than the usual cloth binding.With nine pages of advertisements to the start of the work, and a further sixteen pages of advertisements to the rear.A thrilling adventure novel, Haggard presents a third-person narrative that follows the journey of Reverend Thomas Owen as he seeks to carry out missionary work in south central Africa, amongst the Amasuka tribe. In the publisher's original paper wraps, housed in a quarter morocco clamshell case, with cloth covered boards. Externally, excellent. Light handling marks to boards, with minor edgewear to back strip head and tail. Clamshell case in fine condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. The Wizard. J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd, Bristol, 1896.
Price: US$5088.64 + shipping
Description: The first separate edition of this adventure novel by the popular H. Rider Haggard, in the vanishingly scarce, uncommonly bright nineteenth century dust wrapper. The first separate edition, with the advertisements to the rear for 'Pelmanism'. First published in the same year in the 'Arrowsmith Christmas Annual' and as the 'Arrowsmith Bristol Library' edition.In the publisher's original blue cloth with the original, vanishingly scarce unclipped dust wrapper. A particularly bright example of a nineteenth century dust wrapper.This work was written by the popular English adventure novel write, H. Rider Haggard. Haggard is considered to be the pioneer of the 'lost world' genre. This novel follows the journey of Reverend Thomas Owen as he carries out missionary work in South central Africa amongst the Amasuka trive.Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with fading to the spine, a very slight lean and minor shelf wear. Front hinge tender with the odd spot to the front endpapers. The wrap is excellent with sunning to the spine, handling marks and the odd chip and minor creasing to the extremities and spine. A particularly bright dust wrapper for its age. Internally firmly bound with age toned and generally clean pages. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom