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Benita: An African Romance
de H. Rider Haggard
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- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1906. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Gordon Browne. A smart first edition of this romantic adventure novel from popular Victorian novelist H. Rider Haggard, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated complete. The romantic adventure of Benita, a clairvoyant, as she assists in the hunt for a lost Portuguese treasure buried in the Transvaal. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. Illustrated by Gordon Browne, an English artist and a prolific illustrator. With eight pages of 'New Fiction' advertisements followed by eight leaves of publishers catalogue, both dated 7.06, as called for. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good
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- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 898T16
- Título
- Benita: An African Romance
- Autor
- H. Rider Haggard
- Ilustrador
- Gordon Browne
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1906
- Tamaño
- 8" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- Haggard Benita African Romance Benita
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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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- 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....
- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...