"Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book"
— Stephan Mallarme
New York, NY: McKinlay, Stone and Mackenzie, no date [circa 1900]. [Literature] LEATHER-BOUND SET. Authorised Edition. Complete in 20 volumes. Octavo (19 x 13cm). With frontispiece illustrations, title pages printed in two colours. Elegantly hand-bound in half brown morocco with matching cloth sides, gilt titles and decoration to spines, red and green leather title labels, top edges gilt. Contents clean with no inscriptions or ownership marks, vintage paper stock a little age toned as expected, bindings as new. A crisp fine set in attractive recent leather bindings. A superb set of the works of H. Rider Haggard, writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Item #70490
Price: £3,850.00
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