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Wisdom's Daughter: The Life and Love Story of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed
by H. Rider Haggard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€353.71€318.33
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1923 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. The second edition of H. Rider Haggard's fourth novel in the 'Ayesha' series, in which She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed recounts her life story. In the original dust wrapper. The second edition of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Contemporary copies in dust wrappers are scarce.The final published book in Haggard's Ayesha series, this work is chronologically the earliest.The work begins when a strange manuscript in an unknown language is found among the effects of the late Professor Horace Holly. It becomes clear that Holly has convinced the immortal Ayesha, also known as She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, to write her story.Undated; dated 1923 - the same year as the first edition - via LibraryHub. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with foxing to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper lightly age toned to back strip, with a small loss to the back strip head, and minor chipping to back strip tail. Light handling marks to rear wrap, with light edge wear to front wrap head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 899F2
- Title
- Wisdom's Daughter: The Life and Love Story of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed
- Author
- H. Rider Haggard
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Wisdom's Daughter Ayesha series she Allan Quatermain Ayesha series
Terms of Sale
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Rooke Books
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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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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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