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A rare first edition.

HE By the Author of "It," "King Solomon's Wives," "Bess," "Much Darker Days," "Mr Morton's Subtler" and Other Romances Published by Longmans, London, 1887 This was written by Andrew Lang, and L.W. Curry also lists Walter Herries Pollock as a co-author, and claims that perhaps Haggard himself also leant some assistance to Lang and Pollock. A parody of H. Rider Haggard's SHE that "consists of adventures around London paralleling those of Holly and Vincey, culminating in a swindle." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, p. 299. The supernatural (curses, witchcraft, etc.) are parodied and rationalized. An amusing story. Bleiler, p. 118. Reginald 08596. Scott 625. The photos are very helpful in depicting the exact book you are going to buy and I only use actual photos. I can send you more if need be, so please email me

Each volume has a tissue-guarded frontispiece and engraved title page. Illustrated with tissue-guarded steel engravings on plates and a folded map at the end of volume 1. The text pages are creamy white and for the most part free of foxing. The photos reveal the condition of these volumes.
The Appendices, which extend to 213 pages, also include a letter and journal by Mr. A. G. Bain, who accompanied Dr. (afterwards Sir A.) Smith's expedition into the interior as far as Philippolis, and gives an account of the journey, an interesting narrative of the wreck of the Grosvenor, and much valuable matter respecting the Kat River and other settlements in Kaffraria, and the Kaffir outbreaks and wars up to this period. A Very Handsome Set of this Important Exploration Title. Accounts of the author's travels during his ten years of residence in the Cape during which he explored most of the Cape Colony and Kaffraria. The work also gives an overview of many early expeditions in South Africa with sketches of native… Read More