H. Rider Haggard — The Ghost Kings
London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1926. Cloth. The popular edition of this mystery novel by the celebrated H. Rider Haggard, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The popular edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original, vanishingly scarce, unclipped dust wrapper. This adventure novel was written by the celebrated English adventure author, H. Rider Haggard, and tells the story of Rachel Dove, a missionary's daughter, who discovers a lost civilisation, while a villainous Englishman plots with their king to take her for his own. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally excellent with a very slight lean. Light offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. The wrap is very smart with sunning to the spine, a closed tear to the spine with a tape repair to the verso, slight marks, and small chips and closed tears to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages and the odd spot. Spotting to the fore edge. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.