The Ghost Kings
by H. Rider Haggard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€389.71€350.74
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1926. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. The popular edition of this mystery novel by the celebrated H. Rider Haggard, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The popular edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original, vanishingly scarce, unclipped dust wrapper. This adventure novel was written by the celebrated English adventure author, H. Rider Haggard, and tells the story of Rachel Dove, a missionary's daughter, who discovers a lost civilisation, while a villainous Englishman plots with their king to take her for his own. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally excellent with a very slight lean. Light offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. The wrap is very smart with sunning to the spine, a closed tear to the spine with a tape repair to the verso, slight marks, and small chips and closed tears to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages and the odd spot. Spotting to the fore edge. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 899Z7
- Title
- The Ghost Kings
- Author
- H. Rider Haggard
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 7" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- Mystery H. Rider Haggard Adventure Dust Wrapper H. Rider Haggard Novel
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....