H. Rider Haggard. Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1903.

Price: US$495.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Inscribed First Edition. Inscribed in black ink: "To/Marie and/Queenie with love/from/H Rider Haggard/23 Nov. 1903" on the half title page. Marie and Queenie were Haggard's god-children and the daughters of Dr Stevens who was Haggard's friend and surgeon. In publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettered spine and cover, black end papers. 16 full page illustrations including the tissue guarded frontispiece by Byam Shaw. Four page publisher's catalog at rear. Scott 39 : Whatmore F25. London: Longmans, Green and Co., (1903), 463 pages. This Good copy has some professional restoration along gutters and hinges, soft spine ends, some wear, a bit of forward lean, and some scattered interior foxing.

Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.