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Allan Quartermain
by H. Rider Haggard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$467.35A$420.62
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1887. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". C. H. M. Kerr; J. Cooper. A smart first edition of this illustrated adventure novel from popular Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and nineteen plates. Collated complete. The sequel to King Solomon's Mines, 1887, following Quarterman's desires to get back into the wilderness after the death of his only son. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. Illustrated by Charles Henry Malcolm Kerr, a British portrait, genre, landscape painter and illustrator. Engraved on wood by James Cooper, an English wood-engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, and organist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and light fraying to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth at the head of the spine. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot or handling mark and light age toning to the extremities. Very Good
Synopsis
'I have just buried my boy, my poor handsome boy of whom I was so proud, and my heart is broken. It is very hard having only one son to lose him thus, but God's will be done. Who am I that I should complain? The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late it does not matter when, in the end, it crushes us all. We do not prostrate ourselves before it like the poor Indians; we fly hither and thither we cry for mercy; but it is of no use, the black Fate thunders on and in its season reduces us to powder.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 898T18
- Title
- Allan Quartermain
- Author
- H. Rider Haggard
- Illustrator
- C. H. M. Kerr; J. Cooper
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Allan Quartermain Haggard Quartermain
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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