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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892. [Historical Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 295 [25]. Publisher's catalogue dated 2/92. With 23 black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Kerr. Publisher's dark green cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper, and bevelled boards. Dark grey endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Well-thumbed, with moderate spotting throughout. Sunned to spine, with moderate wear to cloth. Good. An historical novel set in the Zulu kingdom in the early nineteenth century, charting the origins of Umslopogaas, who appears as a mature character in the Allan Quatermain series. Item #70962
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