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Doctor Therne.

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

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. [Medical Dystopia] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] x; 253 [3]. Publisher's light tan cloth with titles in gilt to spine and brown to upper, with patterned endpapers. Textblock shaken. Very light occasional spotting. Edges toned. Light wear to cloth; spine toned. Very good. A novel exploring the potentially tragic consequences of the Anti-Vaccination movement. Described by Haggard himself as "... my only novel with a purpose..." Item #57976

Whatmore, 'H. Rider Haggard: A Bibliography' (London 1987), F21.

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