Series Title: Allan Quatermain Series
Story Title: The Ivory Child
Date of Publication: 1916
Edition: First Edition HC (Hardcover) – Brown cloth with black geometric pattern
Publisher: Cassell and Company, Limited
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Language: English
Cover Price: 6/- (six shillings – original UK first edition price)
Artists: A. C. Michael (four illustrations, including colour frontispiece in the first edition)
Writers: H. Rider Haggard
Characters: Allan Quatermain, Hans, the Ivory Child (a sacred statue), Lady Luna, Lord Ragnall, and various African tribes including the Kendah people
Key Facts: The Ivory Child is a classic adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard, featuring his famous hero Allan Quatermain. The story involves a quest in Africa to rescue a kidnapped woman and centres around the mysterious Ivory Child — a sacred effigy worshipped by the Kendah people. The book blends high adventure, lost civilisations, tribal warfare, and Haggard’s signature elements of the supernatural and African exploration. This 1916 edition is the true first UK edition (published by Cassell), often found in brown or red cloth with decorative stamping. Your copy with the distinctive brown cloth and black geometric lattice design on the boards is a well-recognised variant of the 1916 first edition.
Page Count: 348 pages (plus 4 illustrations by A. C. Michael)
Condition: Fair-Good hardcover with a repeating geometric pattern on the cover (minor scrape). Some foxing internally on the first few and last few pages and on page edges. Previous owner's name, George Wirth from the Wirth Circus family. Please refer to photos for condition.
