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Benita
de H Rider Haggard
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Cassell & Company, Limited , 1906. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Gordon Browne. The first edition of H Rider Haggard's illustrated ovel concerned with the clairvoyant heroine Benita. The first edition of this work, with frontispiece, sixteen illustrations by Gordon Browne, title page as well as contents and illustration lists in red and black. With eight pages of 'New Fiction' advertisements followed by eight leaves of publishers catalogue, both dated 7.06, as called for. Collated, complete.Adventure novel set in Africa and following Benita and her assistance in a hunt for a lost Portuguese treasure buried in the Transvaal. H Rider Haggard was a famous English writer of adventure fiction, mainly known for the use of exotic settings and as a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. In the original publisher's full cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Externally smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, back strip lightly faded, boards only lightly marked. Gentle cocking forward of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good
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- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 867A8
- Título
- Benita
- 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
- 7.5" by 5"
- Palabras clave
- h rider haggard first editions gordon browne first editions
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Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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.
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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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
