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Allan's Wife and Other Tales

H. Rider Haggard

First published 1889
Series Allan Quatermain
Publisher Spencer Blackett
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 331

4 stories The novel Allan's Wife was original to the collection. The other stories had been published 1885 to 1887. The 1889 collection sequence (2, 6, 4, 7) does not match either that of first publication (6, 7, 4, 2) or that of Quatermain's biography (2, 4, 6, 7).

Note, the whole collection has been published under the short title Allan's Wife.

The full text and images of this edition are available at Google Books. Primary Verification done from scanned images. There is a 2 page dedication beginning on page 7.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
13 Allan's Wife H. Rider Haggard Novel
227 Hunter Quatermain's Story H. Rider Haggard Short Story
257 A Tale of Three Lions H. Rider Haggard Novelette
309 Long Odds H. Rider Haggard Short Story

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Allan's Wife and Other Tales 1927 Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover Collection
Allan's Wife and Other Tales Cover 1951 Macdonald Hardcover Collection 240