Doctor Therne [Cover title: Dr. Therne]
by H. Rider Haggard
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898. Very Good. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. First Edition, First State with "issued" instead of "issue" on p. 96. Octavo; publisher's tan cloth, front cover lettered in brown, brown and gilt spine titling; viii,[2],253pp. Light soil to front cover very slightly affecting internal leaves, corners bumped, contemporary ownership signatures to front free endpaper, else Very Good, internally clean and sound.
Described by Haggard as "my only novel with a purpose...[It] deals with the matter of the Anti-Vaccination craze."
[Scott 30; Whatmore F21].
Described by Haggard as "my only novel with a purpose...[It] deals with the matter of the Anti-Vaccination craze."
[Scott 30; Whatmore F21].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14662
- Title
- Doctor Therne [Cover title: Dr. Therne]
- Author
- H. Rider Haggard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Leaves
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...