Author: H. Rider Haggard; Various
Title: Macmillan&Apos;S Magazine, the Transvaal
Description: London, Macmillan and Co, 1877. Cloth. A volume of the popular 'Macmillan's Magazine', importantly including the inaugural published piece by H. Rider Haggard. Volume XXXVI of 'Macmillan's Magazine', for May to October 1877.This volume includes the first ever published work of H. Rider Haggard. In the May issue, Haggard contributed a short piece discussing Transvaal, written whilst he was serving as the Master of the High Court of the Transvaal. Transvaal was an independent Boer republic in South Africa, existing from 1852 to 1902, when it was annexed into the British Empire after the ending of the Second Boer War.Besides Haggard's inaugural publication, this volume also includes chapters XIII to XXXI of Mrs. Oliphant's 'Young Musgrave', 'German Society Forty Years Since' by Lady Duff Gordon, 'The Dominion of Odysseus' by William E. Gladstone, 'Pessimism and its Antidote' by Charles Nisbet, and more.'Macmillan's Magazine' was a monthly magazine published between 1859 and 1907, publishing a variety of fiction and non-fiction pieces by eminent authors of the day.Bookplate of Richard Lister Venables to the front paste down. Venables was the Chairman of the Magistrates for Radnorshire for thirty years, where he was the employer of the famous diarist Francis Kilvert.Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small chips to the head of the boards, and a small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Spine is a little faded. Hinges are a little strained but remain firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: Macmillan's Magazine The Transvaal h. rider haggard young musgrave The Transvaal lady duff gordon None


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