London: Longmans, Green, and Co.. Third edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt title and to spine. 278pp. b/w illus. & plate. Foxing and tanning to text block. Contents are clean and bright. Illus. to end papers. Some bumps and rubbing to spine and edges. A really lovely copy. Weight: 0.73 kg - Overseas orders may require additional postage. . Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 1887.

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'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: Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 110322
Title: Allan Quartermain
Author: Haggard, H. Rider
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 3rd Edition
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1887
Pages: 278
Size: 190mm x 130mm.
Keywords: adventure fiction novel Victorian unit seven

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Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...