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An object of pity, or, The man Haggard : a romance

Title
An object of pity, or, The man Haggard : a romance / by many competent hands.
Publication
Amsterdam : [publisher not identified], [1892]
Physical Description
75 pages ; 18 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Ip St48 892P Copy 1: Has manuscript notes by L. Osbourne throughout.
BEIN Ip St48 892P Copy 2: Has manuscript identifications on p. 11 of the authors of the tales.
BEIN 2024 132: Paperbound. Presentation inscription from B.M. Haggard dated Apia, September 12th, 1894, to U.S. Consul General [James Hilary] Mulligan. Bookplate of Edith Barbara Tranter. From the E. J. Beinecke Collection of Robert Louis Stevenson. Number 1 of 2 titles housed together in slipcase. Accompanied by: tipped-in newspaper clipping (1 leaf); Producer's Showcase advertisement card with manuscript annotations on verso (1 leaf); scratch paper with manuscript annotations (1 leaf).
Notes
Dedication, chapter IV, and poem by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Actually published in Sydney, Australia.
Privately printed in Sydney, 1892. Cf. McKay.
Variant and related titles
Object of pity
Man Haggard
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Contents
Dedication / by Tusitala
Samoa / by Le Tapenali
The mulled mystery of Malie / by Le Tamaitai Sili
There was a sound of revelry by night / by Le Fafine Mamana, O I Le Mauga
Late, ever late / by Tusitala
Extract from the diary of a woman child / by Teuila
Epilogue / by Pelema
Vale / by Le Tapenali.
References
Robert Louis Stevenson Collection (Yale University. Library). Stevenson library, entry 853
Robert Louis Stevenson Collection (Yale University. Library). Stevenson library, entry 7232
Genre/Form
Fiction.
False imprints.
Novellas.
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