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H. Rider Haggard. A Gardener's Year. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1905.
Price: US$310.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition with a print run of 1500 copies. Publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered and ruled in gilt, front cover bordered in blind, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Cream end papers and with tissue guarded frontispiece, fold-out Plan and 24 further illustrations (photographs), 40 page catalog at rear dated 10,000 9/04. Scott 43 : Whatmore NF6. Flat signed by the author on the half title page. London: Longmans, Green and Co. (1905), 404 pages + 40 pps publisher's catalog at rear. Good: Sunned spine with tear, and repair work to gutters, toned end pages. Gift inscription dated Christmas 1904 on f.f.e.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
H. Rider Haggard. A Gardener's Year. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1905.
Price: US$355.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition with a print run of 1500 copies. Publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered and ruled in gilt, front cover bordered in blind, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Cream end papers and with tissue guarded frontispiece, fold-out Plan and 24 further illustrations (photographs), 40 page catalog at rear dated 10,000 1/05. Scott 43 : Whatmore NF6. Inscribed by the author on the half title page: "To Mrs. B. Lyne Steneris(?)/in recollection of much kindness/from her friend/H Rider Haggard / Ditchingham/Nov. 1905". London: Longmans, Green and Co. (1905), 404 pages + 40 pps publisher's catalog at rear. Fine. Some faint red marks to spine. A handsome copy.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.