H. Rider Haggard — The Ancient Allan

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting adventure novel from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. Following Allan Quartermain and Lady Ragnall as they inhale taduki, a fictional drug that induces visions of previous incarnations, causing Quartermain to relive the experiences of ancient Egyptian aristocrat Shabaka. 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. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .