[HAGGARD (Sir H. Rider, 1856-1925, Novelist, Author of 'King Solomon's Mines')]

Fine Caricature Portrait in Colours from Vanity Fair, by 'Spy', (Leslie Ward), showing him in morning coat and pince-nez, with the original printed description, telling humorously of his early experiences in South Africa, his work at the Bar and his turning to writing, praising his "too rare and too rarely cultivated faculty of telling interesting stories in a stirring ... manly ... fashion", he is "the most new and fresh, as well as the most successful of our young novelists", No. 376 in the series 'Men of the Day', 2 separate sides 15" x 10½", 21st May a few light brown spots in the printed description without loss



Item Date:  1887

Stock No:  56048      £125

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