1888 Maiwa's Revenge; or, The War of The Little Hand

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First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. On a hunting expedition, Allan Quartermain is tasked with taking part in an attack on a native kraal to rescue a captured English hunter and avenge Maiwa, an African princess whose baby has been killed. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. Issued simultaneously with those bound in pale blue-green boards, this issue includes the publisher's catalogue to the rear. As cited in "A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Henry Rider Haggard 1856-1925" by J. E. Scott.