The Wanderer's Necklace
by H. Rider Haggard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£395.00£355.50
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1922. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". A. C. Michael. The third US printing of this H. Rider Haggard novel, in the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The third US printing of this work, which was first published in 1914.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Contemporary copies in dust wrappers are very scarce.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and three monochrome plates by A. C. Michael. Collated, complete.With the bookplate of American entomologist Melville Harrison Hatch to the front pastedown, and his inscription to the front free endpaper, stating that this was a gift from his mother. Hatch is responsible for the identification and naming of thirteen species of beetles. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Bookplate to front pastedown, and inscription to front free endpaper. Light handling marks to dust wrapper rear wrap, with light chipping to back strip head, and minor closed tears to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 899F5
- Title
- The Wanderer's Necklace
- Author
- H. Rider Haggard
- Illustrator
- A. C. Michael
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- The Wanderer's Necklace H. Rider Haggard Melville Hatch Melville Harrison Hatch H. Rider Haggard
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...