The Holy Flower

Haggard, H. Rider

Published by London Ward, Lock and Co., Ltd 1915, 1915

About this Item

First edition. 368 pages plus 16-page catalogue to the rear, and 16 black and white illustrated plates. The book is reasonably firmly bound in the publisher's dark blue cloth covered boards, lettered and decorated in gilt and blind, the cloth is lightly marked and rubbed and the extremities are bumped with some fraying to the cloth. The text block is slightly foxed, marked and age toned, with cracking at points, some dog-eared page corners, also small closed tears and creasing to a few page and plate edges, to the front endpaper is a neatly written ink gift inscription from the year of publication, above which is a bookseller's blind-stamp. All plates are present, none in the locations specified other than the frontispiece. The seventh Allan Quartermain novel, a mix-up over flowers at an auction leads to Allan mounting an expedition to Africa in pursuit of a rare orchid.

Seller Inventory # 7445

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Holy Flower
• Publisher: London Ward, Lock and Co., Ltd 1915
• Publication Date: 1915
• Edition: 1st Edition