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H. Rider Haggard - Allan's Wife  & Swallow, a tale of the great trek - 1889-1899
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H. Rider Haggard - Allan's Wife & Swallow, a tale of the great trek - 1889-1899

1. "Swallow, a tale of the great trek" by H. Rider Haggard - Longmans, Green, 1899 first UK edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in original binding with minor rubbing, with all plates present Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek is an 1899 novel by H. Rider Haggard, set in South Africa during the Boer Trek of 1836 2. "Allan's Wife, and other tales" by H. Rider Haggard - Spencer Blackett, London - 1889 first UK edition - with 34 illustrations by Greiffenhagen and Kerr - 18cmx15cm -c onditin: very good, in original binding with some rubbing, all plates present Allan's Wife and Other Tales is a collection of Allan Quatermain stories by H. Rider Haggard, first published in London by Spencer Blackett in December 1889. The title story was new, with its first publication intended for the collection, but two unauthorized editions appeared earlier in New York, based on pirated galley proofs. The other three stories first appeared in an anthology and periodicals in 1885, 1887, and 1886. The significance of the collection was recognized by its republication (as Allan's Wife, With Hunter Quartermain's Story, a Tale of Three Lions, and Long Odds) by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the twenty-fourth volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library series in October, 1980.

No. 79944487

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H. Rider Haggard - Allan's Wife  & Swallow, a tale of the great trek - 1889-1899

H. Rider Haggard - Allan's Wife & Swallow, a tale of the great trek - 1889-1899

1. "Swallow, a tale of the great trek" by H. Rider Haggard - Longmans, Green, 1899 first UK edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in original binding with minor rubbing, with all plates present

Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek is an 1899 novel by H. Rider Haggard, set in South Africa during the Boer Trek of 1836

2. "Allan's Wife, and other tales" by H. Rider Haggard - Spencer Blackett, London - 1889 first UK edition - with 34 illustrations by Greiffenhagen and Kerr - 18cmx15cm -c onditin: very good, in original binding with some rubbing, all plates present

Allan's Wife and Other Tales is a collection of Allan Quatermain stories by H. Rider Haggard, first published in London by Spencer Blackett in December 1889. The title story was new, with its first publication intended for the collection, but two unauthorized editions appeared earlier in New York, based on pirated galley proofs. The other three stories first appeared in an anthology and periodicals in 1885, 1887, and 1886.

The significance of the collection was recognized by its republication (as Allan's Wife, With Hunter Quartermain's Story, a Tale of Three Lions, and Long Odds) by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the twenty-fourth volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library series in October, 1980.

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