Heart of the World
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. One of Haggard's "Lost City" books that one could say defined the genre. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First English Edition (the US edition came out in the previous year). Dark blue cloth binding, beveled at the edges; with gilt titling on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 347 pages; with a 24-page publisher's catalog in the rear. The endpapers are a shiny black, an unusual choice. There is a frontis illustration, and fourteen others, by Amy Sawyer (1863-1945). The spine has faded to brown, but the gilt remains very bright. There is a contemporary (1897) signature on the second free endpaper; the first has been clipped. There is a cracked hinge at Page 208 - the only real defect, but it is holding well. A solid copy that presents very nicely.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. Illus. by Amy Sawyer. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004681
- Title
- Heart of the World
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Illustrator
- Amy Sawyer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London, New York, and Bombay
- Date Published
- 1896
- 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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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,...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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