Allan Quatermain, First Edition (89 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Jacket edgeworn, with staining on inside along spine; wear and staining to edge of covers; some spotting/staining to top edge of pages; previous owner's signature - dated 1984 in blue ink, on front endpaper. Illustrated by Mark Thomas. Language: eng.

Paperback. first PB. 18, very good , (TWO COMPLETE NOVELS), paperback,

Paperback. first PB. 18, very good +, (TWO COMPLETE NOVELS), paperback,

1st edition (thus). Paperback. Some light rubbing and creasing to cover, and inside cover neatly taped. Otherwise very good copy. 256 pp.

Trade Paperback. Condition: As New. First Edition. This is a fine, as new, first edition paperback copy. Contains Allan and the Holy Flower Finished, The Ivory Child, The Ancient Allan & She and Allan.

Trade Paperback. Condition: As New. First Edition. This is a fine, as new, first edition paperback copy. Contains 'King Solomon's Mines', 'Allan Quatermain', 'Allan's Wife', 'Maiwa's Revenge', 'Marie' and 'Child of Storm'.

First Target Printing. Very Good condition. Movie tie-in with the film starring Richard Chamberlain.

Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 277 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

New impression. Illustrated 1st edition; tight clean HB copy. 5-1/4 x 7-1/2, 278 pp, full-pg b/w illus, sheet-protected frontispiece. Good+ unmarked, faint dampstain to edge of first few pages only. Hardcover in black cloth boards w gilt titling, no jacket.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition Thus. First edition thus, trade paperback, has a slight skew with a couple light cracks to binding, reading creases starting to spine, light bumps to spine ends and corners with a touch of creasing to corners, a couple tiny chips and short tears to spine ends, and some slight edgewear with faint rubbing to covers, otherwise a solid Good+ copy.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Dover Edition. 636 Pages Plus 11 Page Catalog of Dover Books. This is the June 1, 1951 Dover Paperback Edition with a cover price $2.00. Dover #T584. The spine is concave. The interior text pages tight and white. No marks of any sort. These three great novels of African adventure continue to be favorite reading of those who love a thrilling tale. Perhaps the reason that they continue to be part of the public imagination, delighting each new generation afresh, is that they are filled with qualities close to the human heart. Adventure, discovery, desire for immortality, terror, search for the primitive, for what is unadorned by civilization. As Kipling said of Haggard's work, It goes, and it grips, and it moves with all the freshness of youth. Haggard had lived for years among primitive peoples in Africa, and his knowledge of the Dark Continent was matched by few men. Yet beyond his personal knowledge of Africa, his experience of savage life and wild lands, and his faculty for making us believe impossible tales-lies a feeling for the supernatural. Adventure alone was not enough for Haggard. As he said, The thing must have a heart; mere adventures are not enough-I can turn them out by the peck. About She, one of the great mythical creations of the late 19th century, he said The only clear notion that I had was that of an immortal woman inspired by immortal love, and it came faster than my poor aching hand could set it down. Kipling simply said, You did not write She, you know. Something wrote it through you. His novels have been called parables, asking What are science, learning, and consciousness of knowledge and power, in the face of Omnipotence? They have been called romance. And they have been called excitingly alive and imaginative by almost everyone who has ever picked up a volume from Robert L. Stevenson to George Orwell.

First Printing. Fair condition. Chipping and General wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. NICE as pictured First Edition thus a very good condition hardcover, bumped corner , no dust jacket, , gently read clean pages. owner name.

Paperback. first PB. 18, very good -fine, , reading crease (TWO COMPLETE NOVELS), paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition status evidenced by spelling mistakes on page 17 (DonGo for DonYo in the final paragraph) and p78 (QuaRtermain not Quatermain in map key). Sturdy bevelled faded blue boards cloth cover heavily faded along the spine. Damage to the top half-cm of the spine.Webbing visible between pages 160-1 other wise the binding is strong and tight. Armorial book plate in front cover. Contents near-fine; clean bright and crisp.

Tapa blanda. Condition: Bueno. 1Ş edicion julio 1987, 203 paginas, tapa dura.

Tapa blanda. Condition: Bueno. coleccion GRANDES AVENTURAS numero 52, primera edicion 1985, 219 paginas, tapa blanda, con anotacion a boligrafo en el interior.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Charles H.M. Kerr (illustrator). First Edition. Date on title page and portrait frontispiece. Title page indicates that this is a new (latter) impression of this sequel to Haggard's other Quatermain adventures. Small 8vo, blue gilt ribbed cloth, 278 pages. A fine copy, clean and in bright cover gilt. Scarce thus.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The Spectator - July 9, 1887 #3080. This weekly newspaper measures approximately 340 mm x 225 mm with a 6d cover price, pages 913-944. With "News of the Week", "Topics of the Day", Art, Poetry, Books, and much more. Notably contains an early review of H. Rider Haggard's "Allan Quatermain" [pps 927-8]. Unrecorded in the bibliographies of Whatmore and Scott. London: John Campbell (1887), 32 pages. A Fine copy of this very hard to find item - original issue, not dis-bound. No writing [except bookseller pencils], repair or cutouts. Cream pages, very modest imperfections, inked library stamp at top of front page.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. Loose sheets. First Edition. Wrappers Extracted from a bound volume of Punch, the issue for Nov 15, 1899. No covers Satirical extract from A Farmer's Year. Scott 638.

The author*s best tales collected. Solid clean tight copy, very good condition despite stains. 5-3/4 x 8-1/4, 819 pp, green endpapers. Very Good unmarked contents, not much wear, rear board has extensive white mottling. Hardcover in orange cloth boards, no jacket. No edition stated, assumed 1st printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition (Thus). Early American edition in the Harper & Brother series half-bound with marbled paper over red faux calf with gilt lettered and ruled spine and cream colored end pages. "Copiously Illustrated" with letter from Haggard to the publisher, facsimile signed frontispiece portrait and 19 full page illustrations and numerous partial page illustrations. Ten pages of ads at rear. New York: Harper & Brothers (1887), 310 pages. This good copy has some fraying at spine ends, some edge dings, boards showing through a few spots, sunned spine. Penciled writing on title page.

First Edition. 16mo. 310pp. plus [10]pp. of ads at the back. Illustrated throughout with twenty b/w plates, including frontispiece. Original publisher's printed wraps, issued as No. 139 of the Harper's Handy Series, July 1, 1887. 139. Spine and covers worn with pieces missing, but does not affect the text, rear cover loose; previous owner's signature to the half title, else in Good to Very Good condition. Scarce.

Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in wraps.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. Henry Rider HAGGARD. L'EPOUSE D'ALLAN. . Nouvelles Editions Oswald NEO #126, 1985 , broche, Format 14*20.5 cm, 157 pages, COUVERTURE ILLUSTREE par Jean Michel NICOLLET. Coiffes et coins plats legerement frottes , autrement BON ETAT, Bonne Apparence. Acheve d'Imprimer en Janvier 1985 (Premier tirage chez NEO , limite a 4000 Exemplaires ) Traduit de l'anglais (Allan's Wife - 1889) Le SECOND volume des Aventures d'ALLAN QUATERMAIN Ğ Sur la terre molle, il y avait les empreintes de trois paires de pieds humains, deux de pieds munis de chaussures et une de pieds nus, ceux de Stella, de Tota et d'Hendrika. Et ce n'était pas tout. Tout près gisaient les morceaux des deux chiens, et un unique babouin pas encore tout à fait mort qui avait été mordu à la gorge par les chiens. Tout autour il y avait les traces d'innombrables babouins. Ce qui s'était passé surgit dans mon esprit dans toute son horreur. Ma femme et Tota avaient été emmenées par les babouins. Jusqu'à présent elles n'avaient pas été tuées, car sinon nous aurions trouvé leurs restes avec ceux des chiens. On les avait emmenées. Les bêtes, agissant sous la direction de cette femme-singe, Hendrika, les avaient entraînées vers quelque antre secret pour les y garder jusqu'à ce qu'elles meurent, ou pour les y tuer ! Pendant un instant je titubai littéralement sous le terrible choc. Puis je me tirai de mon désespoir. J'ordonnai à l'indigène de courir alerter les gens dans les kraals en leur disant de venir armés et de m'apporter fusils et munitions. Il partit comme le vent et je me mis à suivre la piste. ğ Cet extrait de L'épouse d'Allan donne le ton de l'aspect Ğ aventures extraordinaires ğ d'un livre dont l'autre face est, comme souvent chez le grand créateur de She, l'amour sublimé, ici celui d'Allan Quatermain pour Stella (L'étoile) qu'enfant il sauva de l'incendie, qui l'arracha plus tard, dans le désert africain, à la mort, et qu'ensuite il épousa. Né en 1856 et mort en 1925, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, ami intime de Kipling, fut l'un des principaux représentants de l'âge d'or du roman d'aventures en Angleterre. Solidement intégré à la société de son époque, il fut fait deux fois chevalier. Économiste, il était également technicien des questions agricoles et juriste. Mais il est d'abord pour nous un très grand romancier qui sut mêler dans tous ses romans, fantastique et aventure, ésotérisme et érotisme, pour constituer une uvre impérissable dont une grande partie reste à traduire. On pourra lire de lui, dans cette même collection : Le cycle de She qui comprend La fille de la sagesse, Aycha, She, et Aycha et Allan, ce dernier ouvrage servant de trait d'union entre ce premier cycle et celui d'Allan Quatermain, qui comprend dix-huit volumes, parmi lesquels Les mines du roi Salomon, La fleur sacrée, Allan Quatermain et le présent L'épouse d'Allan. Les trois autres ouvrages que nous avons publiés : Le peuple du brouillard, La vierge du soleil, L'esclave Reine, sont des uvres séparées où l'aventure et l'amour sont toujours les moteurs du récit. ***** ATTENTION ! ! A PARTIR DU 1er JUILLET, LE TARIF ECONOMIQUE LIVRE ET BROCHURE N'EXISTE PLUS. ENVOI A L'INTERNATIONAL EN TARIF COURRIER OU COLISSIMO, BEAUCOUP PLUS ONEREUX.

First Edition. Date is approximate. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 251 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects: Adventure stories, English. Genre: Fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

First Edition. Date is approximate. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 251 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects: Adventure stories, English. Genre: Fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1951 Hodder Yellow Jacket Paperback 1st Impression in this edition. Very good+ clean tight binding with wonderful cover design as shown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition (Thus). Early American edition in the Harper & Brother series half-bound with marbled paper over red faux calf with gilt lettered and ruled spine and cream colored end pages. "Copiously Illustrated" with letter from Haggard to the publisher, facsimile signed frontispiece portrait and 19 full page illustrations [all present] and numerous partial page illustrations. Ten pages of ads at rear. New York: Harper & Brothers (1887), 310 pages. This good copy has a toning spine, edge wear, modestly frayed spine ends. Pencils to front paste down and 2nd free end page.

New York: Harper & Brothers:, 1887. First edition, Hardcover, Good with no dust jacket, 310 pp. A clean and tight copy with previous owner's gift inscription on rear free endpaper, very light toning to extremities of text block, lightly rubbed cover materia; and with closed tear to cover material at heel of spine strip. First edition, Hardcover, Good with no dust jacket,