King Solomon's Mines

"I, Allan Quatermain, of Durban, Natal, Gentleman, make oath and say - That\'s how I headed my deposition before the magistrate about poor Khiva\'s and Ventvögel\'s sad deaths; but somehow it doesn\'t seem quite the right way to begin a book. And, besides, am I a gentleman? What is a gentleman? I don\'t quite know, and yet I have had to do with niggers - no, I will scratch out that word "niggers," for I do not like it. I\'ve known natives who are, and so you will say, Harry, my boy, before you have done with this tale, and I have known mean whites with lots of money and fresh out from home, too, who are not." This book has a beautiful glossy cover and a blank page for the dedication.