Illustrations by C.H.M. Kerr. Dark blue-green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. First Edition.

First issue with no footnote on frontispiece. Classic adventures of Allan Quatermain and his companions Sir Henry Curtis, Commander John Good and Umslopogaas. “The lost-race novel par excellence, setting up many of the motifs and fictional patterns that became an integral part of the sub-genre. As fiction, one of Haggard's more successful works. Historically, of course, it is one of the most important nineteenth-century works of popular fiction." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction. Scott 7; Whatmore F6.