Author: H. Rider Haggard
Title: A Farmer&Apos;S Year Being His Commonplace Book for 1898
Description: London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on a year of farming from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-six plates. Collated complete. A diary of farming throughout the year providing a thorough explanation of tending to the land and animals across the year, with a chapter for each month. With insight into planting, harvesting and the breeding of farm animals. 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 George Leon Little, a British artist known for his rural landscapes. In the original full blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Minor age toning to the endpapers. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: G. Leon Little. Very Good .

Keywords: Farmer's Year Commonplace Haggard Year G. Leon Little


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