Allan's Wife
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Spencer Blackett, 1889. The third title featuring Haggard's series character Allan Quatermain. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First Edition. A rather scarce title. Brown pebbled cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 331 pages, with a 32 page publisher's catalog in the rear. Thirty-four illustrations by Maurice Greiffhagen and Charles Kerr. Tissue guard is present but loose. The textblock is very bright and clear. Rubbed at the head and foot of the spine and lightly at the tips. A bit shaken - the rear gutter has cracked and in need of reinforcement; the front has a split as well. The book presents very well, but please note the condition issues. Quercus must offer this as a Binding Copy, in need of repair or restoration.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Maurice Greiffhagen & Charles Kerr. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
It was your native name which I borrowed at the christening of that Allen who has become as well known to me as any other friend I have. It is therefore fitting that I should dedicate to you this, his last tale the story of his wife, and the history of some further adventures which befell him. They will remind you of many an African yarn that with the baboons may recall an experience of your own which I did not share.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005799
- Title
- Allan's Wife
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Illustrator
- Maurice Greiffhagen & Charles Kerr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Spencer Blackett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- First Edition
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Gilt
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