London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1895. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good Plus. Frontispiece and plates by F.S. Wilson. Navy cloth over beveled boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7- 1/4 inches tall), pp. x, 420, (24 page catalogue at rear dated July, 1895 - as called for), with 20 illustrations inc. frontis by F.S. Wilson, colored endpapers. Volume with spine slightly rolled, half inch splits to upper joint near spine ends, wear to spine ends and corners with a few air pockets to cloth, contemporary bookseller's tag to front pastedown and a few pages with soil or corner creases, one old ink dot to fore-edge. The first UK edition was printed from the US plates (stated on final text page), but was published two months before the first US edition. Allen, 30.

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Bookseller: Harropian Books, IOBA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1420
Title: Joan Haste (First Edition)
Author: Haggard, H. Rider
Illustrator: Frontispiece and plates by F.S. Wilson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Plus
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Company
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1895

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Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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