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    By H. Rider Haggard; Andrew Lang
    London   Longmans, Green, and Co
    7.5" by 5" viii, 316, [4], 16pp
    The first edition of H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang's interesting fantasy novel reworking the myth of Odysseus, a smart copy from the library of Hugh Walpole at Brackenburn.
    By H. Rider Haggard; Andrew Lang

    1890 The World's Desire

    London   Longmans, Green, and Co
    7.5" by 5" viii, 316, [4], 16pp
    The first edition of H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang's interesting fantasy novel reworking the myth of Odysseus, a smart copy from the library of Hugh Walpole at Brackenburn.
    £150.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 898P57
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    First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

    The first edition, the issue bound with sixteen pages of adverts to the rear with the code 10,000/10/90. 

    A fantasy novel following the journey of Odysseus as he returns home to Ithaca, only to find that his home has been ravaged by the plague, and his wife has been murdered.

    Written by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang.

    H. Rider Haggard, an adventure novelist known for pioneering the lost world genre. He wrote on the lighter end of Victorian literature, also being involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire.

    Andrew Lang is a noted collector of folk and fairy tales, known for his extensive and colourful 'Fairy Books'.

    Bookplate of Hugh Walpole to the front paste down. Walpole was a prominent English novelist, a prolific writer who produced at least one book every year from the beginning of his career in 1909 to his death in 1941.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is faded. Some light marks to the boards. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots.

    Very Good

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