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First edition, first printing Hardback, grey cloth red titles. viii + 216 pp. + 16 pages of publisher's adverts Fair condition Corners worn, edges rubbed Endpapers a little foxed. No inscriptions. Binding sound

Black or dark brown covers clean and bright with red titles. Lower corners bumped. Head and tail of spine chipped with slight loss. Contents clean and bright with no inscriptions. Endpapers clean. 216 pages plus book advertising for June 1888. Size: 5" x 7.5"

First edition. 8vo, original black cloth lettered in red on front cover and spine, edges untrimmed. Light green end papers with ships and swans motiff. 16 page catalog dated June, 1888 at rear. Very good hardcover with previous owner's name on the half title.

The first edition of H. Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel, featuring his protagonist Allan Quatermain. The first edition. In the original cloth binding with red lettering. 'Maiwa's Revenge' is a short novel by H. Rider Haggard. It features his beloved protagonist, Allan Quatermain, a professional big game hunter, who has been depicted in film and television by notable actors such as Sean Connery, Richard Chamberlain and Patrick Swayze. The story follows Quatermain as he journeys to rescue a captured English hunter and avenge an African princess. Sir Henry Rider Haggard was a prolific English writer, specialising in adventure fiction and romance. Most of his works are set in exotic locations such as Africa. Complete with the half title page, and sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the book. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear and fraying to the extremities. Rear joint is starting but still firm. Light marks to the boards and spine. Hinges starting but firm. The odd spot to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally, binding slightly strained towards the centre but still firmly bound. Pages generally, bright and clean with some spotting throughout and a few scattered handling marks. Very Good

First edition (alternate version) in pale green paper covered boards lettered in red on spine and cover, ad in red on back cover. Simultaneously issued in two bindings; black cloth and this (cheaper) pale gray boards. This more fragile binding is curiously uncommon, and difficult to find in collectible condition. Scott 10 : Whatmore F7. London: Longmans, Green, And Co. (1888), 216 pps. Good copy with a bit of forward lean, less edge wear than typical; a curious "RK" inkstamp in the corner of the front cover (Kipling?). Toned end pages and off white text pages.

The first edition of H. Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel, featuring his protagonist Allan Quatermain. The first edition. In the original cloth binding with red lettering. 'Maiwa's Revenge' is a short novel by H. Rider Haggard. It features his beloved protagonist, Allan Quatermain, a professional big game hunter, who has been depicted in film and television by notable actors such as Sean Connery, Richard Chamberlain and Patrick Swayze. The story follows Quatermain as he journeys to rescue a captured English hunter and avenge an African princess. Sir Henry Rider Haggard was a prolific English writer, specialising in adventure fiction and romance. Most of his works are set in exotic locations such as Africa. Complete with the half title page, and sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the book. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear and fraying to the extremities. Rear joint is starting but still firm. Light marks to the boards and spine. Hinges starting but firm. The odd spot to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally, binding slightly strained towards the centre but still firmly bound. Pages generally, bright and clean with some spotting throughout and a few scattered handling marks. Very Good.

The first edition of H. Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel, featuring his protagonist Allan Quatermain. The first edition. In the original cloth binding with red lettering. 'Maiwa's Revenge' is a short novel by H. Rider Haggard. It features his beloved protagonist, Allan Quatermain, a professional big game hunter, who has been depicted in film and television by notable actors such as Sean Connery, Richard Chamberlain and Patrick Swayze. The story follows Quatermain as he journeys to rescue a captured English hunter and avenge an African princess. Sir Henry Rider Haggard was a prolific English writer, specialising in adventure fiction and romance. Most of his works are set in exotic locations such as Africa. Complete with the half title page, and sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the book. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear and fraying to the extremities. Rear joint is starting but still firm. Light marks to the boards and spine. Hinges starting but firm. The odd spot to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally, binding slightly strained towards the centre but still firmly bound. Pages generally, bright and clean with some spotting throughout and a few scattered handling marks. Very Good.

Publisher's gray paper boards, red lettering, publisher's advertisement on rear board. Spine rubbed, hand-soiling on the boards; front free endpage pasted down to conceal a bookplate, occasional light foxing and toning to the text. 12mo; 7.25 inches tall; 216 pages. First Edition, First Printing. The further adventures of Allan Quartermain, Haggard's recurrent adventurer-hero. Simultaneously issued in cloth and boards, the boards issue being the much less common of the two. The fourth book in the Allan Quatermain series. Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. In this the fourth Quartermain book we watch with Allan as a Zulu Woman takes her revenge! Ref: Scott 10; Woolf 2868a; Bleiler, 137; Nicholls, 168.

Possible First American soft cover edition in tan wraps lettered in green on both covers and spine, 25 cent cover price and approx. 7 1/4" X 5". "Author's Edition" dated 1888 on cover and title page. Longman's published the 1st UK edition and also a US hardback that corresponds to this softcover. McKay 10. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co. (1888), 216 pages. A VG copy with forward lean, modest darkening, soil and wear to wraps. Clean, unmarked interior with no tape; a few spots of foxing towards rear; nice off-white colored pages.

Octavo. 216pp., without ads. Bound in blue-green paper covered boards lettered in brown; toning to spine and edge, light wear at extremities. A very good copy.