The People of the Mist

by H. Rider Haggard, Arthur Layard

£195 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. Strange Tale FIRST EDITION, MIXED ISSUE with p.vi misnumbered as 'ii', p.1 line 21; 'auctioneers' correctly spelled. Octavo 19 x 14cm , pp.viii; 343; 1 ; 24 of advertisements. Sixteen full page illustrations by Arthur Layard, including a frontispiece. Publisher's slate cloth over bevelled boards, titled in gilt to spine and upper, coated black endpapers. Edges spotted, occasional foxing within, hinges are strong,

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