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London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1892. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Charles Kerr. The first edition, first issue of this exciting illustrated historical novel by the popular H. Rider Haggard. The first edition, first issue, with the publisher's catalogue to the rear dated February 1892 as called for. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and twenty-two monochrome plates. Collated, complete. A historical novel telling the story of the early life of the hero Umslopogaas, the unacknowledged son of the great Zulu king and general Chaka. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre.Previously owned by the artist Herbert C. Sheppard with his stamps to the front. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally sound with fading to the spine and extremities, a slight lean, a closed tear to the rear joint, and wear to the extremities with small closed tears and slight loss to the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally binding starting slightly in places with frontispiece weak. Pages generally bright with spotting throughout. Owner's stamps to the blanks and advertisements. Good

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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892. [Historical Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 295 [25]. Publisher's catalogue dated 2/92. With 23 black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Kerr. Publisher's dark green cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper, and bevelled boards. Dark grey endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Well-thumbed, with moderate spotting throughout. Sunned to spine, with moderate wear to cloth. Good. An historical novel set in the Zulu kingdom in the early nineteenth century, charting the origins of Umslopogaas, who appears as a mature character in the Allan Quatermain series.

The first edition of H. Rider Haggard's thrilling late nineteenth century work, unusual for a Victorian novel in that its entire cast of characters is South African and black. The first edition, first issue, with the publisher's catalogue to the rear dated February 1892 as called for. Â McKay, 18a. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and twenty-two monochrome plates. Collated, complete. Â A historical novel telling the story of the early life of the hero Umslopogaas, the unacknowledged son of the great Zulu king and general Chaka. Inscription to half title of E. Spratley. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with minor loss in these regions. Back strip lightly age toned. Head of rear joint starting, with board firmly held. Evidence of bookplate removal to front free endpaper. Inscription to half title. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned to perimeters, but generally clean and bright. Good.

Nada The Lily by H. Rider Haggard first US editionhardcover Publisher:Longmans, Green And Co. 1892Condition: Good - some wear, spotting, discoloration to the covers and spine,bookplate on the front end paper

The first edition of H. Rider Haggard's thrilling late nineteenth century work, unusual for a Victorian novel in that its entire cast of characters is South African and black. The first edition, first issue, with the publisher's catalogue to the rear dated February 1892 as called for. Â McKay, 18a. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and twenty-two monochrome plates. Collated, complete. Â A historical novel telling the story of the early life of the hero Umslopogaas, the unacknowledged son of the great Zulu king and general Chaka. Inscription to half title of E. Spratley. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with minor loss in these regions. Back strip lightly age toned. Head of rear joint starting, with board firmly held. Evidence of bookplate removal to front free endpaper. Inscription to half title. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned to perimeters, but generally clean and bright. Good.

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1932. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 7 7/8" Tall. 367 Pp. Original Blue Cloth, Gilt, Endpapers With Illustration By Carlos Merida. First Printing, 1932 Date On Title Page, Seal On Coyright Page. Light Wear, No Fraying, Spine Gilt Partly Rubbed Away, Hinges Cracked, Small Bookstore Symbol Stamped On Front Endpaper. With A Loose Photograph With Text In White "From The Bookroom Of Nada And Carl", With Photo Of Home Library Shelving, Wood Office Chair And Desk, Probably Circa 1932. Per Wikipedia, Carleton Beals (1893 - 1979) Was An American Journalist, Writer, Historian, And Political Activist With A Special Interest In Latin America. He Was A Grandson Of Carrie Nation. A Major Journalistic Coup For Him Was His Interview With The Nicaraguan Rebel Augusto Sandino In February 1928. In The 1920S He Was Part Of The Cosmopolitan Group Of Intellectuals, Artists, And Journalists In Mexico City. He Remained An Active, Prolific, And Politically Engaged Leftist Journalist And Is The Subject Of A Scholarly Biography. In 1918, He Spent A Brief Period Of Time In Jail As A World War I Draft Evader. Upon Release, He Decided To Go See The World, And With What Little Money He Had, Beals And His Wife Lillian Drove To Mexico. There, He Founded The English Preparatory Institute In 1919, Taught At The American High School During 1919 To 1920, And Was On The Personal Staff Of President Carranza (1920). They Left Mexico In 1921 For Europe Where Beals Studied At The University Of Madrid, And Then The University Of Rome. Back In Mexico, He Became A Correspondent For The Nation, Separated From His Wife, And Became Romantically Involved With Photographer Tina Modotti's Sister, Mercedes. In February 1928, Oswald Garrison Villard, Editor Of The Nation, Sent Beals To Nicaragua To Write A Series Of Articles. He Became Notable As The Only Foreign Journalist Who Interviewed General Augusto Sandino During Nicaragua's 1927-33 War Against Us Military Occupation. In All, Beals Wrote Over 200 Magazine Articles For Publications Such As The New Republic And Harper's Magazine. Beals Also Wrote More Than 45 Books, Including On History, Geography, And Travel. Some Of His Books Are Written For A Juvenile Audience. His Autobiography, Glass Houses, Was Published By J.B. Lippincott Company In 1938. In 1931, Beals Was Awarded The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship For Biographies.] His Biography Subjects Included Porfirio Díaz, Huey P. Long, Roberto De La Selva, Stephen F. Austin, John Eliot, Carrie Nation [His Father Was Her Step-Son], And Leon Trotsky. During His Career, Beals Witnessed Mexican Revolutions, Lectured On Shakespeare, And Was Held Incommunicado By A Mexican General.[10] His Travels Took Him To French Morocco, Tunisia, Algiers, Greece, Turkey, The Soviet Union, Germany, And The Caribbean. He Was A Ford Hall Forum Speaker In 1936, And A Member Of The American Committee For The Defense Of Leon Trotsky In 1937. The Following Year, Time Magazine Called Beals, "The Best Informed And The Most Awkward Living Writer On Latin America." During The 1960S, He Supported The Fair Play For Cuba Committee. Beals Was A Hero To The Young People Of Cuba. Carlos Mérida (1891 - 1985) Was A Guatemalan Artist And Naturalized Mexican Who Was One Of The First To Fuse European Modern Painting To Latin American Themes, Especially Those Related To Guatemala And Mexico. He Was Part Of The Mexican Muralism Movement In Subject Matter But Less So In Style, Favoring A Non-Figurative And Later Geometric Style Rather Than A Figurative, Narrative Style. Mérida Is Best Known For Canvas And Mural Work, The Latter Including Elements Such As Glass And Ceramic Mosaic On Major Constructions In The 1950S And 1960S.

San Juan: Talleres Gráficos de la Imprenta Soltero, 1958. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.25cm); original pictorial wrappers with French flaps; [6],7-61,[3]pp. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the preliminary blank to Puerto Rican poet and author Iris M. Zavala (1936-2020): "A Iris: Con el placer de haberle conversado / Francisco Arriví." Light wear to extremities, some dust-soil to wrappers, with gentle sunning to spine; contents clean; Very Good+. Well-preserved copy of this early collection of verse by Arriví (1915-2007), a Puerto Rican poet and playwright known as "The Father of Puerto Rican Theater." A nice association between two prominent Puerto Rican poets. Uncommon in commerce. 87682.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed first edition of The Blue Devils of Nada by Albert Murray.. Octavo, viii, 238pp. Black hardcover, title in gilt on black cloth spine. Stated "First Edition" with full number line on copyright page. Solid text block, bumped corners, near fine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $23.00 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed by Albert Murray on the half-title.

Rome: Fondazione Memmo, 2011. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Photographs Throughout. Very Light Grey Cloth, Paste On Label On Front Cover, Black Endpapers. Second Edition, One Of 3000 Copies, To Accompany The Exhibition In Rome In 2011. Fine.