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The Ancient Allan

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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.

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

Theancientcover
1st UK edition. London: Cassell and Co., 1920.
Ancientallanlongmanscover
1st US edition. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920.
Ancientallancassell1934dustjacket
5th Printing. London: Cassell & Co., 1934.
Ancientallanfamousfantasticmysteriesdustjacket
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, vol. 7, no. 1. Chicago: Popular Publications, December 1945.

Illustrations from The Ancient Allan

Theseappearedfrontispiece
Begoneman138
Ancientallanfrontispiecelongmans
Sparemy220
Iam184
Theyset96
Inan256
Mylord268
Ohfear288
Ancientallancassell1934dustjacket
Ancientallanfamousfantasticmysteriesdustjacket
Ishabakafamousfantasticmysteries11
Thingillettefamousfantasticmysteries15
Theresoundedfamousfantasticmysteries25
Canyourfamousfantasticmysteries32
Enterthefamousfantasticmysteries41
Starfamousfantasticmysteries28
Gothicjarprooffamousfantasticmysteries51
Theancientfamousfantasticmysteries10
Childrensshoesfamousfantasticmysteries21
Comfortyourfamousfantasticmysteries37
Lhssterncrestfamousfantasticmysteries43
Mennenshavefamousfantasticmysteries55
Brightstarfamousfantasticmysteries59
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