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consists of one, 7.75", 265-page book bound in red cloth. Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, 1924, stated First Edition. Allan Quatermain adventure that takes place before his discovery of King Solomon's Mines. Heu-Heu is a devil-god of prehistoric origin worshipped by African natives. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS VIII (1981), 44. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 743. The books often have a supernatural strand, featuring spirits and magic from time to time. Haggard created Quartermain after he had recently read Robert Louis Stephenson s Treasure Island, and was challenged by a friend to do better. So Allan Quatermain emerged, and with him the archetypal hunter, one of the great adventurers. A must read for anyone who loves adventure.
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