Title: The World's Desire
Title Record # 23782
Authors: H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang
Date: 1890-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: visualhaggard.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Authors: H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang
Date: 1890-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: visualhaggard.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note:
Published as a serial in The New Review, April to December 1890, without illustrations.
--VisualHaggard.org (above)
Synopsis:
"... a continuation of the Odysseus myth. In this romance, Aphrodite compels Odysseus to leave his ruined home in Ithaca in pursuit of Helen of Troy, his love before Penelope."
--VisualHaggard.org
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The World's Desire | 1890-00-00 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Longmans, Green and Co. |
viii+ 316 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The World's Desire | 1890-00-00 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Harper & Brothers | 274 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The World's Desire | 1894-00-00 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Longmans, Green and Co. | 316 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The World's Desire | 1920-00-00 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Hodder & Stoughton | 2/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
260 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
| The World's Desire | 1924-00-00 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Hodder & Stoughton | 260 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The World's Desire | 1953-00-00 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Macdonald | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||||
| The World's Desire | 1972-00-00 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Pan / Ballantine (Ballantine Adult Fantasy #40) | 0-345-09761-0 | £0.40?£: UK pound |
xvi+ 239 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Mati Klarwein |  |
| The World's Desire | 1972-01-00 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Ballantine Books (Ballantine Adult Fantasy #40) | 0-345-02467-2 | $1.25?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 239 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Mati Klarwein | |
| The World's Desire | 1972-01-00 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Ballantine Books (Ballantine Adult Fantasy #40) | 0-345-02467-2 | C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar |
xvi+ 239 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Mati Klarwein | |
| The World's Desire | 1977-12-00 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-27218-8 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
239 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Michael Herring | |
| The World's Desire | 2001-00-00 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Wildside Press | 1-58715-354-8 | $19.50?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 316 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
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| The World's Desire | 2006-04-04 | H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang | Project Gutenberg | 2763 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Reviews
- Review by Michael Scott Rohan [as by Mike Scott Rohan] (1978) in Paperback Parlour, August 1978
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 145 - 294)