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HAGGARD**, H[enry] RIDER: : REGENERATION: Being an Account of the Social Work of The Salvation Army in Great Britain

LONDON.LONGMANS,GREEN & CO.,1910.

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UK,8vo HB,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn per se, but a black inked copperplate written presentation inscrptn to ffe: 'To the friends at 59 Mackintosh Place from - ' (label removed leaving 'ghost' ) and an ink,stamped date 12.FEB.1915 at top,right-hand corner of off-set foxed ffe.Publisher's bright,crisp,generally clean and generally sharp-cornered,original plain burgundy cloth boards with blind stamped title+author to front board and with bright, crisp,blocked and non-oxidised gilt letters to spine/backstrip along with gilt art-nouveau style decoration at both head+foot of same and white endpapers with some light off-set foxing; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Top edges darkened,fore-edges much less and therefore brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight,generally clean with some minimal sporadic foxing/spotting to some page edges/margins - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB,1st edn,8-264pp [paginated] includes introductory,35 sections/chapters,6 (frntis included) b/w contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book and appendices (A with I-III parts and B - D),plus [unpaginated] half-tite page with publisher's advert to its reverse,a b/w portrait photographic frntis (General Booth) title page with author's note to it's reverse,and a contents list/table with author's note to it's reverse. The author in the Spring of 1910 was asked,on behalf of General Booth,whether he would undertaake to write for publication an account of the Social Work of the Salvation Army in this country (Great Britain).After some hesitation he agreed,planning to visit a number of the various Institutions,and record what he saw,together with his impressions.Conan Doyle advised the author against undertaking the request and not to write the book.Haggard then gifted the copyright of this book to the Salvation Army. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

Haggard, H. Rider : Regeneration: Being an Account of the Social Work of the Salvation Army in Great Britain

London: Longmans, Green, 1910.

First edition. 8vo. 264 pp., illus., port. Good in maroon cloth, light foxing throughout, slight bubbling front cover edge, in clear protective mylar jacket.

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