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Haggard, H[enry] Rider. CLEOPATRA: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FALL AND VENGEANCE OF HARMACHIS, THE ROYAL EGYPTIAN, AS SET FORTH BY HIS OWN HAND. New York: Hurst & Co., Publishers, 122 Nassau Street, 1889. Octavo, pp. [13] 4-273 [274: blank] [275-288: ads], original cream wrappers printed in black. Early U.S. edition. Issued as Hurst's "Cosmopolitan Series," number 4, July 9, 1889. One of at least nine pirated American editions which appear to have been published in July and August 1889. Scott, p. 20. Shallow chips from spine ends, wrappers a bit spotted, text block (printed on pulp paper stock) tanned but not brittle, a very good copy. (#158673).

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