Swallow. A Tale of the Great Trek.

HAGGARD, [Sir] Henry Rider (1856-1925), [GREIFFENHAGEN, Maurice, illustrator].

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. [Historical Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] x; 348. With eight black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Greiffenhagen. Publisher's dark navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, with bevelled edges and black-coated endpapers. Blind W.H. Smith stamp to fly-leaf. Moderate spotting throughout. Light wear to cloth. Very good. A novel about the Boer trek of 1836. Serialised in The Graphic magazine from July 1898. Item #57972

Whatmore, 'H. Rider Haggard: A Bibliography' (London 1987), F22.

Price: £65.00