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The Mahatma and the Hare. A Dream Story
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. Haggard is famous for his adventure novels; one does not usually associate him with a spiritual fantasy such as this. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition [stated "Published October, 1911"]. A small edition of 1500 copies, with 5000 published on the same day in England. Dark green cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. The bunny in question is also on the front cover, in gilt. There is a variant Holt binding without the gilt. Clean text; 165 pages, with a 12-page publisher's catalog [dated vii' 10] in the rear. There are twelve black-and-white illustrations by W.T. Horton and H.M. Brock. Hints only of rub to the tips and offset to the endpapers. Else a Fine copy, quite attractive. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by W.T. Horton and H.M. Brock, R.I.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005899
- Title
- The Mahatma and the Hare. A Dream Story
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Illustrator
- W.T. Horton and H.M. Brock, R.I.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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