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Maiwa's Revenge

H. Rider Haggard

First published July 1888
Type Novel
Series Allan Quatermain #5


First published July and August 1888 in Harper's Magazine, vol 77, pp. 181-209 and 345-63, under the short title, with 10 illustrations by {{a|Thure de Thulstrup}}. Four of the original illustrations are full-page, one as frontispiece of the July issue (p. 164). The artist is not credited; but some drawings are clearly signed "Thulstrup". --(viewed at HathiTrust) VisualHaggard.org names Thure de Thulstrup. Its gallery for the novel contains the original illustrations as images of ten pages from the magazine.

From Longmans (VH notes no other book publishers) the novel was first issued in 1888, under the long title, without illustrations (30,000 copies). The 1891 edition (New York and London; 10,000 copies) contained 8 full-page lithographs by {{a|Charles Kerr}}. --VisualHaggard.org (above), which notes only Longmans editions

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1888 Maiwa's Revenge Harper & Brothers Novel
August 1888 Cover Maiwa's Revenge, or The War of the Little Hand Longmans, Green and Co. Novel
1920 Maiwa's Revenge Longmans, Green and Co. Novel
1923 Maiwa's Revenge Longmans, Green and Co. Novel
1928 Cover The Works of H. Rider Haggard Walter J. Black, Inc. Omnibus |5
1928 The Favorite Novels of H. Rider Haggard Blue Ribbon Books Omnibus |5
1951 Five Adventure Novels Dover Publications Omnibus
July 1987 Cover Collected Novels Castle Books Omnibus 401
May 2006 Maiwa's Revenge, or The War of the Little Hand Project Gutenberg Novel
April 2016 Cover Ultimate Collection e-artnow Omnibus |5