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Allan Quatermain by H. Rider HAGGARD in a Handsome binding

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Allan Quatermain; Being an Account of His Further Adventures and Discoveries, etc. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1887. 8vo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 (184 x 120 mm); viii, 280; 20 wood engraved illustrations by J. Cooper from drawings by C. H. M. Kerr, including frontispiece portrait of Allan Quatermain with tissue guard and a fictitious dedication "Very sincerely Yours Allan Quatermain." Elegant polished sky blue calf binding by Bayntun (stamp on first endpaper), marbled endpapers, gilt fillets on covers, decorations to edges and turn-ins, 5 raised bands, gilt decorations in compartments, with title on red and green morocco labels, lightly sunned at extremities, very light rubbing to spine ends and corners; original blue cloth covers bound in; a.e.g. FOYLE COPY, red roan Beeleigh Abbey label missing from front pastedown, but conspicuous red mark visible (Binding matches our copy of Haggard, H. Rider. She, A History of Adventure - our cat. no. 1307). [Sadleir 1079; McKay 7]. An exquisitely bound volume from the personal library of bibliophile and bookseller William A. Foyle who formed one of the largest English private libraries of the 20th century at his estate in Essex. Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (1856-1925) was heavily influenced by the larger-than-life adventurers whom he met in colonial Africa while he lived there between 1875 and 1882. He created his Allan Quatermain adventures under their influence, during a time when great mineral wealth was being discovered in Africa, as well as the ruins of ancient lost civilizations of the continent such as Great Zimbabwe. This novel was published serially in “Longman’s 1 Magazine,” Vols. IX and X, between January and August, 1887 and is a sequel to King Solomon's Mines (1885); it was followed by 10 prequel novels and four prequel short stories, totaling eighteen works. The protagonist is an English professional big game hunter and adventurer; in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others. WILLIAM A. FOYLE (1885-1963) was one of the leading London booksellers of the 20th century. He opened his first bookshop with his brother Gilbert in 1903 and by the late 1920s their bookstore in Charing Cross Road held a stock of four million volumes on over thirty miles of bookshelves. His vision for the business was a bookshop for the world - for every one from any station in life - "The People's Bookshop", and it became a meeting place for famous writers and distinguished figures, along with members of the public. In the early 1940s Foyle bought Beeleigh Abbey, a 12th-century monastery in Essex and formed one of the largest English private libraries of the 20th century. The library was sold at auction by Christie's in July 2000. The three-day sale realized some £12,000,000, making it the single most valuable collection of books ever to be sold at auction in Britain or Europe. Condition: Near fine.

Dimensions:

Height: 7.25 in (18.42 cm)Width: 4.75 in (12.07 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Gold Leaf,Leather,Paper

Place of Origin:

England

Period:

Late 19th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1887

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Middletown, NY

Reference Number:

Seller: BH13081stDibs: LU8340237944232

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