Allan Quatermain: Being an Account of His Further Adventures and Discoveries in Company with Sir Henry Curtis, Bart., Commander John Good, R.N., and One Umslopogaas
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition.. 310+ pages, 12mo. Originally published in wrappers, this edition rebound in 3/4 cloth (spine and cover corners) with marble-patterened boards, gilt lettering along spine. Illustrated with b&w prints, including portrait frontispiece inscribed by Allan Quartermain in facsimile. Ten pages of publisher's advertisements at rear of volume. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards, light spine fade, previous seller's small bookstamp on front endpaper, torn bottom corners on last three page leafs. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition..
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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- Bookseller
- Russian Hill Bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47539
- Title
- Allan Quatermain: Being an Account of His Further Adventures and Discoveries in Company with Sir Henry Curtis, Bart., Commander John Good, R.N., and One Umslopogaas
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- H RIDER HAGGARD
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- Rebound
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- Facsimile
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- Edges
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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