The Ancient Allan
Allan Quatermain and Lady Luna Ragnall team up in The Ancient Allan, an adventure that continues Allan and the Holy Flower (1915) and The Ivory Child (1916). Under the influence of the magical herb taduki, Ragnall and Quatermain experience a shared past life as lovers in ancient Egypt.
Cassell’s Magazine serialized AA from March to October 1919, in a printing illustrated by Albert Morrow. Cassell and Co., London, published the first edition of AA on 12 February 1920, which was accompanied by a color dust jacket and eight monochrome illustrations by Morrow. 12,500 copies printed. The 5th printing of the Cassell and Co. edition published in 1934 included an illustrated dust jacket, but was not illustrated. In 1920 Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, published an edition that included a color frontispiece by Enos B. Comstock.
Cassell’s Magazine serialized AA from March to October 1919, in a printing illustrated by Albert Morrow. Cassell and Co., London, published the first edition of AA on 12 February 1920, which was accompanied by a color dust jacket and eight monochrome illustrations by Morrow. 12,500 copies printed. The 5th printing of the Cassell and Co. edition published in 1934 included an illustrated dust jacket, but was not illustrated. In 1920 Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, published an edition that included a color frontispiece by Enos B. Comstock.
Further Reading
Pocock, Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicoloson, 1993. 187, 201.
Whatmore, D.E.. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F48, 64-65.
Editions of The Ancient Allan
1st UK edition. London: Cassell and Co., 1920.
1st US edition. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920.
5th Printing. London: Cassell & Co., 1934.
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, vol. 7, no. 1. Chicago: Popular Publications, December 1945.
Illustrations from The Ancient Allan
