{"product_id":"joan-haste-h-rider-haggard-1st-edition","title":"Joan Haste, H. Rider Haggard — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. x, 425, 24.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The book presents attractively in the publisher's original dark cloth, with the gilt titling to the spine and front board remaining remarkably bright and unoxidised. The boards show minor signs of shelf-wear, primarily consisting of light bumping to the corners and mild crinkling at the head and tail of the spine. The spine itself exhibits a very slight lean but remains firm, with the binding tight and secure. The text block edges are uniformly toned, as is customary for paper of this era, while internally the pages are generally clean, displaying only faint offsetting to the early preliminary leaves and minor, scattered foxing. Overall, a highly presentable and well-preserved copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is a First Edition, First Issue, complete with the catalogue of advertisements at the rear dated July 1895, which serves as the primary bibliographical marker for the true first issue (McKay #23; Scott #27).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThe volume is presented in the original bevelled cloth binding and features 20 striking illustrations by F. S. Wilson, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eWhile Haggard's African adventure novels are widely collected and frequently encountered, well-preserved first editions of his standalone domestic romances have become increasingly uncommon on the open market, particularly in such an un-restored state with the gilt remaining un-dulled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"7\"\u003eJoan Haste\u003c\/i\u003e shifts away from the lost worlds and grand African adventures that defined much of H. Rider Haggard’s career, instead exploring the intricate social dynamics and tragic romance of late 19th-century England. The narrative follows the life of the beautiful, illegitimate Joan Haste, whose passionate and ill-fated love affair with the aristocratic Captain Henry Graves is thwarted by profound differences in class, familial expectation, and eventual sacrifice. Haggard's foray into domestic melodrama reveals a different facet of his storytelling prowess, offering readers a compelling examination of duty, destiny, and the heavy cost of unfulfilled desires.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55275007279443,"sku":"6040","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261007_145612.jpg?v=1791539347","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/joan-haste-h-rider-haggard-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}