Author: H. Rider Haggard
Title: Swallow a Tale of the Great Trek
Description: London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek by H. Rider Haggard. Illustrated with eight plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (1856 - 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. Maurice Greiffenhagen (1862 - 1931) was a British painter and Royal Academician. He illustrated books and designed posters as well as painting idyllic landscapes. W. H. Smith and Son, London blindstamp to front free endpaper. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound but with slight wear to extremities, rubbing and occasional marks to boards. Hinges strained. Internally, generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places. Bright but with slight scattered foxing and handling marks. Good . Ill.: Maurice Greiffenhagen. Good .
Keywords: Maurice Greiffenhagen Sir Henry Rider Haggard Swallow Sir Henry Rider Haggard Maurice Greiffenhagen
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Title: Swallow a Tale of the Great Trek
Description: London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek by H. Rider Haggard. Illustrated with eight plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (1856 - 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. Maurice Greiffenhagen (1862 - 1931) was a British painter and Royal Academician. He illustrated books and designed posters as well as painting idyllic landscapes. W. H. Smith and Son, London blindstamp to front free endpaper. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound but with slight wear to extremities, rubbing and occasional marks to boards. Hinges strained. Internally, generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places. Bright but with slight scattered foxing and handling marks. Good . Ill.: Maurice Greiffenhagen. Good .
Keywords: Maurice Greiffenhagen Sir Henry Rider Haggard Swallow Sir Henry Rider Haggard Maurice Greiffenhagen
Price: GBP 125.00 = appr. US$ 178.50 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: GEN31-D-12
- Book number: GEN31-D-12
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