Description: H. Rider Haggard Allan Quatermain 1887 1st US VG First edition with 1887 on the title page and 1887 on dedication page. Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. Octavo (5.25" x 7.75"), [i Blank] [vii] 1-347 [v Advertisements]. Publisher's half-bound with marbled paper over [including tips] red faux calf with gilt lettering and ruled spine. Cream colored end pages. Top page edge is stained red. "Copiously Illustrated" with letter from Haggard to the publisher, facsimile signed frontispiece portrait, 19 full page illustrations and numerous partial page illustrations. Ten pages of ads at rear. No dust jacket. Book Condition: Very Good A clean and tight copy with previous owner's gift inscription on rear free endpaper. During their search for a white race reputed to live near Mount Kenya, Allan Quatermain and his companions undergo a series of dangerous and thrilling adventures. The dramatic and often poetic story reveals Victorian preoccupations with evolution, race, sexuality, and the "New Woman."
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: H. Rider Haggard
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Topic: Action, Adventure
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Character Family: Allan Quatermain
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1887