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Allan Quartermain
H. Rider Haggard
1887
Longmans, Green, and Co. : London
7.5" by 5.5"
278, (2)pp.
SUMMARY
A smart first edition of this illustrated adventure novel from popular Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard.
First Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs0.75 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage:£ 19.99
EU Postage: £ 15.99
European Postage: £ 16.99
Asia Postage: £ 21.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99
DESCRIPTION
First edition.
Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and nineteen plates. Collated complete.
The sequel to King Solomons Mines, 1887, following Quartermans 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.
CONDITION
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.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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