28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
  Lot 192
 

192

Haggard (H. Rider). A collection of his non-fiction writings, including: 1) The Days of My Life. An

Haggard (H. Rider). A collection of his non-fiction writings, including:
1) The Days of My Life. An Autobiography, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1926. 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth, 16 halftone photographic plates, a little spotting to text-block, a good copy,
2) Cetywayo and his White Neighbours, 4th edition ('with a new introduction'), London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., Ltd, 1891. 8vo, original blue cloth, spotting to edges,
3) Rural England ... New Edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. 2 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, all halftone photographic plates as called for, effaced private-library markings to heads of spines, a few nicks to headcaps, spotting (mainly to edges and outer leaves),
4) The Poor and the Land. Being a Report on the Salvation Army Colonies in the United States and at Hadleigh, England, with Scheme of National Land Settlement, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. 8vo, original cloth, 6 halftone photographic plates, spine toned, headcap worn, 
5) My Fellow Laborer [-The Wreck of the Copeland], 1st edition thus, number 58 of 100 copies (from the total edition of 125), Cheltenham: Chris Coquet, 1992. 8vo, original blue cloth, untrimmed,
6) The True Story Book. Edited by Andrew Lang [contains 'The Tale of Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift' by Rider Haggard, pp. 132-52], 3rd edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1894. 8vo, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt,
together with 17 others, including works entirely by Rider Haggard (A Gardener's Year, 2nd impression, 1905, Regeneration, 1st edition, 1910, etc.) and books and periodicals with contributions by him (Dutt, The King's Homeland, Sandringham and North-West Norfolk, 1904; Lang, The Red True Story Book, New Impression, 1919; Illustrated Interviews by Harry How, 1893; 'The Romance of the Ancient Nile' in The Windsor Magazine vol. 31 no. 181, 1910, etc.) (qty: 25)
Whatmore NF12 (Days of My Life, 3,000 copies printed), NF1 6b (Cetywayo, 500 copies printed), NF5 6a (Rural England, 1001 copies printed), NF8 (The Poor and the Land, 2997 cloth-bound copies issued). Provenance: The H. Rider Haggard collection of Geoffrey Bullock, president of The Rider Haggard Society

Sold for £60
Estimated at £100 - £200


 

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