Item #13770 Rhymes a la Mode [H. Rider Haggard's Copy]. A. Lang, Andrew.

Rhymes a la Mode [H. Rider Haggard's Copy]

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. Very Good. Item #13770

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. Second Edition. 12mo; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, housed in custom linen slipcase; [2],x,139pp.; frontispiece (tissue guard). Very discreet evidence of color touch-ups to cloth extremities, corners gently bumped, else a Very Good copy overall.

Provenance: H. Rider Haggard's copy with his ownership signature to half title page, though otherwise free of markings in his hand. A rather significant association as Haggard and Lang went on to collaborate on the science fiction novel The World's Desire, first published in 1890.

Price: $450.00

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