Author: H. Rider Haggard
Title: Heart of the World
Description: London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition copy of this thrilling fantasy novel by H. Rider Haggard. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with bevelled edges and plain black end papers.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen further plates. Collated, complete. Heart of the World is a thrilling fantasy novel and is significant within the history of the genre. The book explores the lost Mayan city in Mexico. Henry Rider Haggard was an English adventure writer, with his novels usually set in exotic locations. With the printer's imprint 'Printed from American plates by Spottiswode and Co. New-Street Square, London' to page 347 and a twenty-four page catalogue to the rear.All issue points correspond with Scott, 83. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, though faded to the spine. Spine is slightly cocked. Front hinge is starting but is held firmly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Haggard Fantasy Sensational fiction Fantasy Not Stated