Schreiner, Olive [as Ralph Iron]
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“Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it—but there is": Rare First Edition of Olive Schreiner's The Story of an African Farm
SCHREINER, Olive [as Ralph Iron].
The Story of an African Farm: A Novel.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1883.
First edition of this highspot of African literature. Octavo, original olive cloth, 2 volumes. Published under the pseudonym 'Ralph Iron'. The entire printing of this first edition has been estimated to be about 300 copies. and most were destined to libraries. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially in the original cloth.
Price: $8,500.00 Item Number: 30040

