Title: Cetywayo and his White Neighbours; Or, Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal Author: Haggard, H. Rider Place: London Publisher: Trubner & Co. Date: 1882 Description: xxii, 294 pp. (8vo) original green cloth, stamped in gilt, black, and blind. Spine lettered in gilt. Pages unopened. First Edition. The author's first book, published 22 June 1882 in an edition of 750 copies underwritten by Haggard and his father. Presentation copy from William Meybohm Haggard, the author's father, with his inscription on recto of half-title leaf "To Leila Lady Walsingham / from W. M. Haggard" and a publisher's slip presenting this copy tipped in ahead of the title leaf. "After writing to several publishers in vain with a view to getting this, his first book, published, Messrs. Trubner & Co. replied agreeing to print 750 copies of Cetywayo and His White Neighbours in return for Haggard's cheque for £50. By April 17, 1884, only 154 copies had been sold and the publishers wrote to Haggard in no uncertain terms as to this 'most unsatisfactory' account, but later when the author became famous through King Solomon's Mines and other novels, this edition was eventually sold." - Scott 1. Sadleir 1082; Wolff 2897; Whatmore NF1. Lot Amendments Condition: A few very small spots to cloth; else a fine, unopened copy. Item number: 280745
Title: Cetywayo and his White Neighbours; Or, Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal Author: Haggard, H. Rider Place: London Publisher: Trubner & Co. Date: 1882 Description: xxii, 294 pp. (8vo) original green cloth, stamped in gilt, black, and blind. Spine lettered in gilt. Pages unopened. First Edition. The author's first book, published 22 June 1882 in an edition of 750 copies underwritten by Haggard and his father. Presentation copy from William Meybohm Haggard, the author's father, with his inscription on recto of half-title leaf "To Leila Lady Walsingham / from W. M. Haggard" and a publisher's slip presenting this copy tipped in ahead of the title leaf. "After writing to several publishers in vain with a view to getting this, his first book, published, Messrs. Trubner & Co. replied agreeing to print 750 copies of Cetywayo and His White Neighbours in return for Haggard's cheque for £50. By April 17, 1884, only 154 copies had been sold and the publishers wrote to Haggard in no uncertain terms as to this 'most unsatisfactory' account, but later when the author became famous through King Solomon's Mines and other novels, this edition was eventually sold." - Scott 1. Sadleir 1082; Wolff 2897; Whatmore NF1. Lot Amendments Condition: A few very small spots to cloth; else a fine, unopened copy. Item number: 280745
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