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H. Rider Haggard. The Poor and The Land. Longmans, Green and Co., 1905.
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1905. No Edition Remarks. 157 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to both boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Rider Haggard H. The Poor and the Land. Longmans Green and Co, 1905.
Price: US$51.53 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: All books outside UK sent airmail and over £30 tracked and inside UK signed for. PayPal accepted. With twelve illustrations ( all present as listed). First edition. Being a report on the Salvation Army Colonies in the States and at Hadleigh England. Original red cloth, black titling. Spine slightly faded, foredge is spotted otherwise a good copy of a scarce book.
Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 157pp. Twelve illustrations. Spine faded and frayed at top and bottom. Occasional spot of foxing.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. First Trade Edition, Cloth Issue. Octavo; publisher's red cloth ruled and lettered in black; xli,[1],157pp.; photographic frontispiece (tissue guard), five leaves of plates. Upper cover cloth lightly discolored and soiled, corners bumped with very brief exposure, spine toned, else a Very Good copy, internally clean and sound. Collected reports compiled by H. Rider Haggard as Commissioner of inspections of the Salvation Army's agricultural and industrial establishments in the United States and England. Unfortunately, while the notes on Haggard's conversations with President Theodore Roosevelt are mentioned in the table of contents, they were not included in the text itself. First published by His Majesty's Stationery Office the same year under the title "Report on the Salvation Army Colonies." SCOTT 44a; WHATMORE NF8.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
HAGGARD, H. Rider. The poor and the land. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1905.
Price: US$70.85 + shipping
Description: Spine somewhat faded but lettering still clear. Some small, fairly minor stains on spine and front board. Internally the book is VG. Interesting South African Salvation Army presentation Bookplate. Owner's name. A little wear to top and bottom of spine. Overall a pretty good example of a fairly scarce book. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket)
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. The Poor and the Land. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1905.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition with a print run of 2997 cloth copies. Publisher's original red cloth ruled and lettered in black on spine and front cover. Tissue guarded frontispiece and a total of 12 illustrations. The text of this is identical to the original "Report on the Salvation Army Colonies" but with added Introduction and Some Press Opinions. Scott 44a : Whatmore NF8. London: Longmans, Green and Co. (1905), 157 pages. This Good copy has a sunned spine with a small strip of cloth loss at crown, with some other imperfections to cover, very toned end papers with a bookplate on f.f.e.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$77.30 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st edition. Original red cloth boards, black lettering to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. 7.75ins x 5.25ins, xli, (i), 157pp plus 6pp illustrations (12 illustrations - 2 per page).Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Occasional light foxing, else contents VG. Externally two corners are a bit bumped and one is rubbed. Two small indentations to the top and bottom of the front board - overall G+ near VG.
Seller: Missing Books (PBFA), Great Leighs, United Kingdom
Price: US$83.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An illustrated first edition of this report of the Salvation Army colonies through the United States and England. First edition. Complete with 12 illustrations on 6 plates. Collated complete. Written by Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances and a land reformer throughout the British Empire. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities, particularly the head and tail of the spine. The odd mark or tide mark to the board sand spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with slight age toning to the extremities only. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$122.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition with a print run of 2997 cloth copies. Publisher's original red cloth ruled and lettered in black on spine and front cover. Tissue guarded frontispiece and a total of 12 illustrations. The text of this is identical to the original "Report on the Salvation Army Colonies" but with added Introduction and Some Press Opinions. Scott 44a : Whatmore NF8. London: Longmans, Green and Co. (1905), 157 pages. This Nearly Fine copy has a bit of sun toning to spine, foxing to top edge. Bookseller pencils on f.f.e, 1" sticker on rear paste down, some toning to all endpages.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$122.38 + shipping
Description: First trade edition. Octavo. pp xlii, 157. Illustrations. Full red cloth lettered in black. A fairly obscure title, first printed earlier that year as a report for the Colonial Office, printed by the H.M.S.O.Covers a bit marked and dusty. Very good.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
H. Rider Haggard. The Poor and the Land. Longmans Green and Co, 1905.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Being a REport on the Salvation Army Colonies in the United States and at Hadleigh England with a scheme of National Land Settlement, London New York and Bombay
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Price: US$162.32 + shipping
Description: Frontispiece, plates Spine a little sunned, sides very slightly marked, just a little spotting, but a nice copy; bookplate Scott 44a; McKay 38a Also found in red wrappers. Published earlier in the same year in its official form with virtually identical text entitled "Report on the Salvation Army Colonies.". Original red cloth lettered and ruled in black
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$180.36 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A lovely copy of the illustrated first edition of this report of the Salvation Army colonies through the United States and England. First edition. Illustrated with twelve images across six plates. Collated complete. A detailed commentary on the social work performed by members of the Salvation Army across the US and in Hadleigh, England, with chapters on agricultural and industrial establishments, Imperial patriotism, immigration schemes, and more. With notes from many interviews with prominent members of the Salvation Army. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. With the misprint of two pages being numbered XXXVI, the second I for page XXXVII is missing, as cited from "A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Henry Rider Haggard 1859-1925" by J. E. Scott. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the endpapers. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Haggard, H. Rider. THE POOR AND THE LAND. Longmans, Green, 1905.
Price: US$226.20 + shipping
Description: THE POOR AND THE LAND, Longmans, Green, 1905, first edition, small nick at upper margin of front cover, else a bright vg+ copy. Illustrated with photos. 1/5,000 copies. Uncommon.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition Review Copy in wraps, not cloth - only 2000 copies. Scarce. Priced at 1/6 rather than 2 shillings. Includes a tipped in Longman's review form. Publisher's original dark red paper wraps, ruled and lettered in black on spine and front cover. Identical collation to the hardback. Tissue guarded frontispiece and a total of 12 illustrations. The text of this is identical to the original "Report on the Salvation Army Colonies" but with added Introduction and Some Press Opinions. Scott 44a : Whatmore NF8. London: Longmans, Green and Co. (1905), 157 pages. Nearly Fine with some fading and wrinkling to spine, MILD corner stress mark/crease to both covers, some modest scattered foxing and bookseller pencils. You will like it!
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.