The People of the Mist by H. Rider Haggard (First Edition)
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The People of the Mist by H. Rider Haggard (First Edition)
$84.00 USD
The People of the Mist by H. Rider Haggard (First Edition)
Authors: H. Rider Haggard
Interior Artist: Arthur Layard
Location: London
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
Date: 1894
Edition: First Edition
Features: First American Edition. Scarce book especially in this condition. Longmans, Green and Company, New York, New York, 1894. Illustrated by Arthur Layard (illustrator). 5.25 x 7.5 in.: 357 pages. Boards are green cloth with embossed gilt lettering on front and spine and light images of mountain tops on the front board.Illustrations include tissue-protected frontispiece and 15 additional full-page drawings by Arthur Layard. Contains 357 pages of text, followed by a 16-page catalogue of other Longmans' published works of the time. This classic "lost race" fantasy novel was first serialized in the magazine Tit-Bits Weekly in 1893 - 1894. It is a tale of a penniless British adventurer seeking wealth in the wilds of Africa after losing his family lands and estates, finding romance, and discovering a lost race and its monstrous god.
Book Condition: Very Good-: Light rubbing and bumping to corners. Penciling from previous owner on first pastedown. Moderate spine lean. Pages creamy and supple. Slight bruise on back cover.
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Authors: H. Rider Haggard
Interior Artist: Arthur Layard
Location: London
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
Date: 1894
Edition: First Edition
Features: First American Edition. Scarce book especially in this condition. Longmans, Green and Company, New York, New York, 1894. Illustrated by Arthur Layard (illustrator). 5.25 x 7.5 in.: 357 pages. Boards are green cloth with embossed gilt lettering on front and spine and light images of mountain tops on the front board.Illustrations include tissue-protected frontispiece and 15 additional full-page drawings by Arthur Layard. Contains 357 pages of text, followed by a 16-page catalogue of other Longmans' published works of the time. This classic "lost race" fantasy novel was first serialized in the magazine Tit-Bits Weekly in 1893 - 1894. It is a tale of a penniless British adventurer seeking wealth in the wilds of Africa after losing his family lands and estates, finding romance, and discovering a lost race and its monstrous god.
Book Condition: Very Good-: Light rubbing and bumping to corners. Penciling from previous owner on first pastedown. Moderate spine lean. Pages creamy and supple. Slight bruise on back cover.
HCS2469-1