1889 Cleopatra: Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, The Royal Egyptian, as Set Forth by His Own Hand

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition, second issue. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-eight plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. Set in the Ptolemaic era of Ancient Egypt, this novel mixes historical action with supernatural events, as Harmachis is charged by the Priesthood to overthrow Cleopatra. 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. Publisher's advertisements to the rear dated August 1889 as per the second state.