Heart of the World

Rider Haggard, H. Heart of the World. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. First UK edition. Octavo. 347, 24pp. (Longman’s book catalogue). Original publisher’s blue cloth over beveled boards, with gold-stamped lettering on front cover and spine. Frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Fascinating novel being a pilgrimage of daring adventures to the wild interior of Mexico, where the adventurers reach a pre-Aztec City of the Heart, inhabited by a degenerate race. It is profusely illustrated with 15 full-page b/w illustrations (including frontispiece). Some edgewear on binding with some soiling on boards and age-toning on spine. Moderate shelf wear. Front hinge starting. Inner margin of page of contents heavily foxed. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall fair, interior in very good condition. g. Hardcover. (24138) $75