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Benita. An African Romance.
London: Cassell & Company, 1906. [Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 344 [16]. Catalogue date 8.06. With 16 illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Browne. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, and patterned endpapers. Sporadic foxing, no ink names, joints firm, clean covers, minor wear to spine tips, gently sunned to backstrip. Very good indeed. Haggard claims this African tale, featuring buried treasure and clairvoyance, was inspired by a true story. Published as 'The Spirit of Bambatse' in the US. Item #68237
Whatmore, 'H. Rider Haggard: A Bibliography' (London 1987), F30.
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