Haggard (H. Rider). A collection of his novels, all 1st editions, all 8vo, original cloth, and comprising:
1) She, 1887, rubbed, nicks to spine-ends, wear to tips, half-title soiled, torn in gutter, the 2 tinted lithographic plates reinserted before half-title (originally inserted between half-title and title-page, advertisement leaf present, no free endpapers, occasional finger-soiling in text, a few leaves dog-eared,
2) Maiwa's Revenge, 1888, 16 pp. advertisements, fraying to spine-ends, a few marks,
3) Montezuma's Daughter, 1893, 24 plates, 24 pp. advertisements, fraying to spine-ends, cloth on rear joint partly split, light spotting,
4) The People of the Mist, 1894, 16 plates, 24 pp. advertisements, pale marks to covers,
5) Heart of the World, 1896, 15 plates, spine faded, rolled and marked,
6) Doctor Therne, 1898, spine rolled, a little spotting,
7) Swallow, 1899, 8 plates,
8) Black Heart and White Heart, 1900, 34 plates, 4 pp. advertisements,
9) The Brethren, 1904, 16 pp. advertisements,
10) The Way of the Spirit, 1906, [8] + [24] pp. advertisements, cloth split along joints, spotting and toning,
11) Fair Margaret, 1907, 8 plates, 2 + [32] pp. advertisements, covers mottled, fraying to spine-ends, prelims strengthened with clear tape in gutter,
12) The Lady of Blossholme, 1909, 5 colour plates,
13) The Wanderer's Necklace, 1914, 4 plates, binding soiled, wear to extremities, spotting, front free endpaper excised,
14) Love Eternal, 1918, spine rolled,
15) Smith and the Pharaohs, 1920, browning,
16 & 17) Mary of Marion Isle, 1929, 2 copies, primary and secondary bindings (the latter with two-line black border to covers), spines rolled, both without the 24 pp. advertisements mentioned by Whatmore, together with 1st editions of Cleopatra and Nada the Lilly, each lacking a plate (qty: 19)
Whatmore F4 (She), F7 (Maiwa's Revenge), F16 (Montezuma's Daughter), F17 (The People of the Mist), F19 (Heart of the World), F21 (Doctor Therne), F22 (Swallow), F23 (Black Heart and White Heart), F27 (Brethren), F29 (The Way of the Spirit), F31 (Fair Margaret), F34 (The Lady of Blossholme), F41 (The Wanderer's Necklace), F45 (Love Eternal), F49 (Smith and the Pharaohs), F57 (Mary of Marion Isle). Provenance: The H. Rider Haggard collection of Geoffrey Bullock, Provenance: The H. Rider Haggard collection of Geoffrey Bullock, president of The Rider Haggard Society