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A charming set of twenty-four adventure novels and short story collections by H. Rider Haggard, bound in eight volumes. Twenty-four novels and short story collections by best-selling English author H. Rider Haggard, known for his adventure fiction romances set in exotic location. This set includes many of his best known works. Each of the eight volumes contains three works.Volume I consists of 'Dawn', 1907; 'The Way of the Spirit', 1906; 'The People of the Mist', 1906.Volume II features: 'Swallow', circa 1912; 'Pearl-Maiden', circa 1906; 'Joan Haste', published in 1907 and illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates by Cyrus Cuneo. Collated, complete.Volume III: 'Lysbeth', 1906; 'Stella Fregelius', dated 1907 and illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates by Cyrus Cuneo; 'Beatrice', circa 1907. Collated, complete.Volume IV: 'Maiwa's Revenge and Elissa', 1928; 'The Hear of the World, dated circa 1906 and illustrated with two plates; 'Montezuma's Daughter', 1915.Volume V: 'The Witch's Head', dated 1907; 'Nada the Lily', 1906; 'Mr. Meeson's Will', circa 1906.Volume VI: 'Allan Quatermain', dated circa 1920; 'Allan's Wife and Other Tales', 1905; 'She', dated circa 1925.Volume VII: 'Colonel Quaritch' dated circa 1900, and illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates by Cyrus Cuneo; 'The World's Desire', dated circa 1900, and illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen; 'The Wizard', 1900. Collated, complete.Volume VIII: 'King Solomon's Mines', 1907, with vignette illustrations from Walter Paget; 'Eric Brighteyes', 1908, with a frontispiece and one plate by Lancelot Speed; 'The Brethren', 1908, with a frontispiece by H. R. Millar.The majority of these works are scarce of very scarce publications from Newnes' Sixpenny Copyright Novels series.With the bookplate of William Menzies Menzies, dated 1920, to the front pastedown of volume VI. In quarter calf bindings, with cloth covered board. Fading to back strips, with rubbing to spine heads and tails. Head and tail of front and rear joint of volume I starting, with boards holding firm. Tail of front board of volume III starting, with board a touch tender. Head of front joint of volume V starting, with board holding firm. Front joint of volume VIII starting, and firmly held. Head of front hinge of volume IV and tail of front hinge of volume VII lightly strained, and firmly held. Rear hinge of volume V strained, but firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown of volume VI. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean, but significantly age toned due to paper type. Very Good.
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