King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, First Edition (53 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Martin Salisbury (illustrator). 1st Edition. FREE U.K. Shipping. FAMILY Business. FIRST Class Service. Full refund if not totally satisfied. 1985 FIRST Purnell Hardback edition, no dust jacket. Slight browning.

Condition: Near Fine. A near fine hardcover first edition thus sans dust jacket as issued. Small mark on front cover. Superior bindings, no interior writing. This is a high quality book published by Reader's Digest World's Best Reading. A set of these look great on a bookshelf. A lovely copy for a serious collector.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Eric Kincaid; (illustrator). First Printing - First Thus. 449 pp. All four titles in a single volume: King Solomon's Mines; Maiwa's Revenge; Cleopatra; and She. Orange boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Eric Kincaid. Size: 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The Youth's Companion: New England Edition Vol. 81 No. 26; dated June 27, 1906. Decorated and photo-illustrated cover, five cent cover price and large 16 1/2" 11 1/4" size. Contains the first appearance of "The Real King Solomon's Mines" by Haggard on pages 307-308; illustrated. This precedes the appearance in the UK Cassell's Magazine (July 1907). Not listed in the bibliographies. Boston: Perry Mason Company (1907), 16 pages. Good with bend/curl along bottom edge [can be pressed], rusting staples. Heavy central horizontal fold/crease with discoloration. Cream colored pages. No writing, no repair, no cut-outs.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Novels Worth Reading: King Solomon's Mines. Pulp style magazine with red and blue decorated wraps and 10 cent cover price. 90 pages + ads. New York: The New York Book Company (1910), 90 pages. Good. Wraps have modest foxing, toning and overhang imperfections. Over opened covers and tan colored text pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Unclear. FOREWORD BY ALLAN QUATERMAIN Now that this book is printed, and about to be given to the world, a sense of its shortcomings, both in style and contents, weighs very heavily upon me. As regards the latter, I can only say that it does not pretend to be a full account of everything we did and saw. There are many things connected with our journey into Kukuanaland that I should have liked to dwell upon at length, which, as it is, have been scarcely alluded to. Amongst these are the curious legends which I collected about the chain armour that saved us from destruction in the great battle of Loo, and also about the "Silent Ones" or Colossi at the mouth of the stalactite cave. Again, if I had given way to my own impulses, I should have wished to go into the differences, some of which are to my mind very suggestive, between the Zulu and Kukuana dialects. Also a few pages might have been given bp profitably to the consideration of the indigenous flora and fauna of Kukuanaland. Then there remains the most interesting subject that, as it is, has only been touched on incidentally- of the magnificent system of military organisation in force in that country, which, in my opinion, is much superior to that inaugurated by Chaka in Zululand, inasmuch as it permits of even more rapid mobilisation, and does not necessitate the employment of the pernicious system of forced celibacy. Lastly, I have scarcely spoken of the domestic and family customs of the Kukuanas, many of which are exceedingly quaint, or of their proficiency in the art of smelting and welding metals. This science they carry to consider able perfection, of which a good example is to be seen in their "tollas," or heavy throwing knives, the backs of these weapons being made of hammered iron, and the edges of beautiful steel welded with great skill on to the iron frames. The fact of the matter is, I thought, with Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good, that the best plan would be to tell my story in a plain, straightforward manner, and to leave these matters to be dealt with subsequently in whatever way ultimately may appear to be desirable. In the meanwhile I shall, of course, be delighted to give all information in my power to anybody interested in such things. And now it only remains for me to offer apologies for my blunt way of writing. I can but say in excuse of it that I am more accus tomed to handle a rifle than a pen, and cannot make any pretence to the grand literary flights and flourishes which I see in novelsfor some times I like to read a novel. I suppose they the flights and flourishesare desirable, and I regret not being able to supply them; but at the same time I cannot help thinking that simple things are always the most impressive, and that books are easier to understand when they are written in plain language, though perhaps I have no right to set up an opinion on such a matter. "A sharp spear," runs the Kukuana saying, "needs no polish"; and on the same principle I venture to hope that a true story, however strange it may be, does not require to be decked out in fine words. ------------------------------------------ Sweet book, 369 pages ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 4½ " Wide - 6½ " Tall.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Hardback bound in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt title on the spine. No defects to note on the book or the dust jacket. Haggard's famous novel is presented in this new form. Black and white illustrations. 302 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Scarce King Solomon's Mines - Picture Classics adopted by Betty Root. This is a large 11 7/8 X 8 7/8" comic illustrated adaptation. London: Franklin Watts (1980), 32 pages. A VG or better copy with some modest imperfections: a small split at the top of the spine, a couple of tiny chips and some little wear and indentations. Unmarked interior with a touch of foxing to end pages.

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell 433. A Dell map-back edition released to promote the 1950 M-G-M movie starring Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr. Haggard's text was rewritten by Webb to tie it in more closely to the movie script. Reginald 06584. Cover rubbed at edges, a very good copy. Film tie-in photo-cover. (#143738).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. An excellent copy of this collection of three novels by prominent English writer, Sir Henry Rider Haggard. First thus, being the first time these three novels were published in one binding. These three novels were originally published between 1885 and 1887. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped and vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. This collection is comprised of three novels by English author Henry Rider Haggard, including 'She', 'King Solomon's Mines' and 'Allan Quatermain'. Haggard was a pioneer in the world of adventure fiction and romance, being a key author in the lost world genre, which was very popular at the time.'Allan Quatermain' was a sequel to the ever popular 'King Solomon's Mines', with all three novels in this collection set in Africa, as was common with Haggard's adventure novels. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear and the odd handling mark. Dust wrapper is also excellent, with minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine. book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition. Armed Services Edition PBO #795 319(4)pp. Sharp First Printing of the Armed Services Edition. Undated bu actually 1945 (ISFDB). Square, tight and clean throughout save some mild toning to page edges. A couple of small surface creases. Some edge-wear. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. A very solid ollectable copy.

1st edition. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description: 317 pages : 2 color frontispieces. Subjects: Ayesha (Fictitious character from Haggard) ; Fiction. Africa ; Fiction. Africa Discovery and exploration. 3 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [ca. 1942]. First Armed Services edition, No. 795. 3 3/4" x 5 1/2". Original printed stiff colored wrappers. Very good (minor rubbing; spine faded). 319 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Text browned due to paper quality.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Dover Edition. 636 Pages Plus 11 Page Catalog of Dover Books. This is the June 1, 1951 Dover Paperback Edition with a cover price $2.00. Dover #T584. The spine is concave. The interior text pages tight and white. No marks of any sort. These three great novels of African adventure continue to be favorite reading of those who love a thrilling tale. Perhaps the reason that they continue to be part of the public imagination, delighting each new generation afresh, is that they are filled with qualities close to the human heart. Adventure, discovery, desire for immortality, terror, search for the primitive, for what is unadorned by civilization. As Kipling said of Haggard's work, It goes, and it grips, and it moves with all the freshness of youth. Haggard had lived for years among primitive peoples in Africa, and his knowledge of the Dark Continent was matched by few men. Yet beyond his personal knowledge of Africa, his experience of savage life and wild lands, and his faculty for making us believe impossible tales-lies a feeling for the supernatural. Adventure alone was not enough for Haggard. As he said, The thing must have a heart; mere adventures are not enough-I can turn them out by the peck. About She, one of the great mythical creations of the late 19th century, he said The only clear notion that I had was that of an immortal woman inspired by immortal love, and it came faster than my poor aching hand could set it down. Kipling simply said, You did not write She, you know. Something wrote it through you. His novels have been called parables, asking What are science, learning, and consciousness of knowledge and power, in the face of Omnipotence? They have been called romance. And they have been called excitingly alive and imaginative by almost everyone who has ever picked up a volume from Robert L. Stevenson to George Orwell.

Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Classics Illustrated #97: King Solomon s mines--HRN 96. FIRST PRINT. 48 pages. Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Interior is clean and completely unmarked and with no tears, chips or other damage; paper somewhat toned but not brittle. Binding secure--staples intact with no tearing of the cover at the staples, but a moderate amount of wear along the fold with a similar amount of color loss. Pictorial front cover is clean with a slight amount of general wear, primarily short and shallow creases; there is a dated stamp and a book store stamp intermingled with the title. Rear cover has slight wear and toning, but no tears, chips, scrapes or stains.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. 1 inch open tear at top of front flap fold.

Condition: Poor. 1st edition, 2nd state. Cloth, G. 320pp+16pp publishers adverts, folding colour frontis, a poor copy of the second issue of one of the seminal novels of the Victorian era. Hinges weak front & rear, large repaired tear to the map, spine wrinkled & bubbled as if from having been wet at some time, sporadic foxing. An early issue of the first edition - Title page dated 1885, adverts at rear dated 5.G10.8 and 5B.10.85. The typographical errors are all corrected. Immensely popular tale of African Adventure which was written by Haggard as a bet with his brother. The book was the first work of fiction set in Africa & one of the earliest 'Lost World' adventures, spawning a whole sub genre of adventure literature. 500 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is the 3rd issue of the 1st edition, published in October 1885. The three textual misprints present in the 1st and 2nd issues are corrected in this issue. The publisher's catalogue is dated 5 G.10.85 and 5 B.10.85.12mo. 320 pages. Red cloth boards; vignette decorations in black; titles in black and gilt. Folding colour frontispiece. Map in the text. Publisher's book catalogue at rear. Boards with several spots and stains; corners bumped; ends of spine fraying and with minor loss at tail; spine heavily faded; spine cocked. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Closed tear ca 5cm long to frontispiece, repaired with tape. Pages with scattered foxing spots and other small marks. Gutters starting to crack in several places but pages remain firmly held.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st American. Here is possibly the first American edition of King Solomon's Mines Three novels; Marvelous in Our Eyes by Emma Hornibrook, KSM, and then Old Fulkerson's Clerk by Mrs. J. H. Walworth are all bound together. These three are all Cassell New York publications, with the third dated 1886, the others undated. Known errors of the first printing have been fixed. Bound in quarter pebbled leather and with gilt tiled spine. Owner's stamps at both pastedowns are dated February 22 1888. New York: Cassell and Company (n.d. 1885), 320 pages. Leather binding shows wear, top edge dust darkened, pages toning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A. C. Michael (illustrator). 1st Edition (Thus). Here is a new edition, thus of this famous novel; undated but published in 1915. This copy signed by the author with a December 1920 date on the half-title page; amazingly with a related Divinity Middle School bookplate dated Christmas 1920 and noting that this is an autographed copy. Blue cloth decorated cover and spine, gilt lettered spine and black lettered cover, top edge stained blue. With four color illustrations by A. C. Michael [all present]; plus a fold out color map, and a map on page 23. Printer's code 49.1118 on recto of page 333. See Scott page 35. London: Cassell and Company (n.d. 1915), 333 pages. A VG copy with overall cloth wear, toned end pages. The nice white to off-white pages have different toning at fore and bottom edges, while the stained top edge has some fading. Foxing to title page due to color frontispiece. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Here is an instant collection of 39 Tauchnitz editions of H. Rider Haggard Novels. Comprised of both hardback and softback editions. There are 21 hardbacks; 19 in original publisher's binding(!) and 2 rebound. There are also an additional 18 softbacks. Overall a great looking group, almost all are in VG condition; many of these are very rare. All are listed in the Whatmore bibliography. Lengthy details below, and please inquire for additional needed info or more pics. Likely the largest Tauchnitz grouping of Haggard's in the US. The following 19 hardbacks are in the publisher's original binding of red paper boards over red cloth spine with spine lettered in gold and decorated in brown and black, cover stamped with publisher's design in blind, top edge stained red, and with beige end papers. All in VG or better condition and have slight forward lean [from stacking], modest wear and/or fading, and may have names or bookseller pencils on prelims. Any major defect will be mentioned. Some are first printings and others are reprints as can be denoted from the Editions in print page, and so I am listing the copyright dates as well as the quantity of titles listed to give a better idea of the printing. King Solomon's Mines T2386 [1886, 35 titles], She in two volumes T2445/2446 [both 1887, 34 titles], Jess in two volumes T2451/2452 [1887, 29 titles], The Witch's Head in two volumes T2482/2483 [1887, 17 titles], Maiwa's Revenge T2530 [1888, 23 titles], Cleopatra in two volumes T2592/2593 [1889, 27 volumes], Allan Quatermain in two volumes T2742/2743 [1887, 33 titles], Dawn it two volumes T2825/2826 [1892, 13 titles, 1" cloth split at top of spine on V1], Ayesha in two volumes T3848/3849 [1905, 29 titles], The Way of the Spirit in two volumes T3883/3884 [1906, 30 titles], Red Eve T4287 [1911, 33 titles]. Also another set of Ayesha lacking half title pages and rebound in maybe white calf, good condition but kinda shabby with toning, foxing, and slightly warped boards. The paperbacks average VG condition with varying degrees of paper toning and spine creases, edge wear, and small tears or a bit of over separation. They mostly have a publisher's catalog or list of latest editions at rear which I will denote along with any notable defects. She [only Vol. 1 of the two volume set, T2445 [1887, May 1919, ink mark on cover], The Witch's Head in two volumes T2482/2483 [1887, September and July 1902], The Wizard T3191 [1897, Feb. 1914], Doctor Therne T3336 [1899, Feb. 1899, ink spots on cover], Swallow in two volumes T3355/3356 [1899, Autumn 1920], Black Heart and White Heart T3440 [1900, Aug. 1900, sticker and soil on cover], Ayesha in two volumesT2849/3850 [1905, Sept and Nov 1922, owners stamp on 1st page dated 1923], The Lady of Blossholme T4158 [1909, My 1924], Red Eve T4287 [1911, July 1913, tape at spine ends], Child of Storm T4391 [1913, Feb 1913, spine fully taped], Wisdom's Daughter T4602 [1923, May 1923], Queen of the Dawn T4686 [1925, May 1925], The Treasure of the Lake T4755 [1926, Dec 1926, 1st signature a bit loose].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition (Thus). Here is an amazing lot of 5 novels in the exceedingly rare hardbound matching bindings of Munro's Seaside Library editions. These include: King Solomon's Mines, She, Jess, Allan's Quatermain and Allan's Wife. All five are published by George Munro's Sons, New York and in matching half bindings of burgundy calf and blue marbled paper cloth. Ribbed spines with lettering and publishers device in gilt, patterned end pages. The publisher bound a small quantity of their paperbacks omitting the paper wraps which contained dates and the library numbers. HRH expert Al Tella compared collations with the original paperbacks to determine the following details. King Solomon's Mines: Seaside Library #753 [1886 McKay pg 17], reprint 1891, with Eclipse of Sun on pg. 105. She: Seaside Library #910 [1886 McKay Pg. 19]. Jess: Seaside Library #941 [July 6, 1886 McKay pg. 19], predates Scott 6, 6A. Allan Quatermain: Seaside Library #989 [June 29, 1887 McKay pg. 20], predates Scott 7, 7B. Allan's Wife: Seaside Library # 1248 deposited in LOC on Nov. 22, 1889 [Scott pg. 20] predates UK edition of Dec. 1889. Average condition for this lot is Very Good. Bindings show flaking and chipping to leather, and modest rubbing to paper. The cheap interior paper is tan with some browning edges; a couple of chips and most have matching book plate of John M. Johnson.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, second issue; with "Bamamgwato" for "Bamangwato" on p. 10, line 14; "to let twins to live" for "to let twins live" on p. 122, line 27; and "wrod" instead of "word" on p. 307, line 29, and with publisher s catalog dated "5 G.10.8" and "5 B.10.85." rather than the 5G.8.85 catalog. Publisher's original red cloth, gilt and black stamped spine, front and back covers stamped in black, pale yellow end papers. Color fold out map as frontispiece, additional map on page 27. Scott 4 : Whatmore F3. London: Cassell and Company (1885), 320 pages + 16 page catalog. A very nice looking nearly fine copy with slight forward lean, bumped front corners, and a touch of sunning to spine, top edge is darkened and with a soil spot. Fold out map has a 3" tear that has been professionally repaired.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first issue; with "Bamamgwato" for "Bamangwato" on p. 10, line 14; "to let twins to live" for "to let twins live" on p. 122, line 27; and "wrod" instead of "word" on p. 307, line 29, and with publisher's catalog dated "5 G. 8.85" and "5 B. 8.85." Publisher's original red cloth, gilt and black stamped spine, front and back covers stamped in black, pale yellow end papers. Color fold out map as frontispiece, additional map on page 27. Scott 4 : Whatmore F3. London: Cassell and Company (1885), 320 pages + 16 page catalog. This VG copy has a sunned spine with a touch of fraying at both ends, slight forward lean, edge wear, some darkening and a few small soil spots. Cracked hinges, book block cracked in a couple of spots, 2 leaves of ad pages are unopened.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st American. First American edition, 1st issue with all three typos present. One of only 500 copies and in rare blue binding. The first British printing constituted 2000 copies, of which 1500 were bound in Britain in maroon cloth with dated ads at back; 500 sheets of this first printing were sent to Cassell's New York office and bound in the US without ads at the back and with floral end papers, and a different binding - creating the first American issue. In addition to maroon covers, some of the earliest US issues were bound in blue, green, or purple. Scott 4 : Whatmore F3. This American issue has the identical book block of the first British edition but is bound differently as follows: the spine has "CASSELL AND COMPANY,/Limited." in gilt at heel as well as two gilt bars at heel and crown; green floral end papers, no catalog at rear, back cover has design in blind rather than black, and measures 5mm less in height an length. Color fold out map as frontispiece, additional map on page 27. London: Cassell and Company (1885), 320 pages. This VG copy with forward lean, sunned spine, fraying spin ends, edge wear. Ink signed name on second free end paper, bookseller pencils. Tape sealed map tear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first issue; with "Bamamgwato" for "Bamangwato" on p. 10, line 14; "to let twins to live" for "to let twins live" on p. 122, line 27; and "wrod" instead of "word" on p. 307, line 29, and with publisher's catalog dated "5 G. 8.85" and "5 B. 8.85." Publisher's original red cloth, gilt and black stamped spine, front and back covers stamped in black, pale yellow end papers. Color fold out map as frontispiece, additional map on page 27. Scott 4 : Whatmore F3. London: Cassell and Company (1885), 320 pages + 16 page catalog. Nearly Fine with a few spots of soil on cloth, very modest sun darkening to spine, and light wear at spine ends. W. H. Smith embossed stamp to f.f.e., repaired to fold-out map, and repair to front inner joint. Now housed in well made and good looking red cloth book cover in a matching quarter leather slip case with ribbed and gilt lettered spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, second issue; with "Bamamgwato" for "Bamangwato" on p. 10, line 14; "to let twins to live" for "to let twins live" on p. 122, line 27; and "wrod" instead of "word" on p. 307, line 29, and with publisher s catalog dated "5 G.10.85" and "5 B.10.85." rather than the 5G.8.85 catalog. Publisher's original red cloth, gilt and black stamped spine, front and back covers stamped in black, pale yellow end papers. Color fold out map as frontispiece, additional map on page 27. Scott 4 : Whatmore F3. London: Cassell and Company (1885), 320 pages + 16 page catalog. This VG copy has some sun fading to spine, forward lean and is slightly shaken with cracked hinges, some soiling to cloth. Nice clean book block has lightly scattered foxing, tiny tear to f.f.e. and an un-ripped fold out map.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, second issue; with "Bamamgwato" for "Bamangwato" on p. 10, line 14; "to let twins to live" for "to let twins live" on p. 122, line 27; and "wrod" instead of "word" on p. 307, line 29, and with publisher s catalog dated "5 G.10.85" and "5 B.10.85." rather than the 5G.8.85 catalog. Contemporary rebinding in black leather with gilt titled and ribbed spine, black end papers. Color fold out map as frontispiece, additional map on page 27. Scott 4 : Whatmore F3. London: Cassell and Company (1885), 320 pages + 16 page catalog. Fine copy. The contemporary leather looks new, The book block is unmarked with white to off/white pages; a few pages have minor spots of toning. Fold out map has professional restoration tape on verso, and also at hinge between frontispiece and title page. A handsome well preserved copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st American. First American edition. The first British printing constituted 2000 copies, of which 1500 were bound in Britain in maroon cloth with dated ads at back; 500 sheets of this first printing were sent to Cassell's New York office and bound in the US without ads at the back and with floral end papers, and a different binding - creating the first American issue. Scott 4 : Whatmore F3. This copy with all first edition errors; "Bamamgwato" for "Bamangwato" on p. 10, line 14; "to let twins to live" for "to let twins live" on p. 122, line 27; and "wrod" instead of "word" on p. 307, line 29. This American issue has the identical book block of the first British edition but is bound differently as follows: the spine has "CASSELL AND COMPANY,/Limited." in gilt at heel as well as two gilt bars at heel and crown; yellow floral end papers, no catalog at rear, back cover has design in blind rather than black, and measures 5mm less in height an length. Color fold out map as frontispiece, additional map on page 27. London: Cassell and Company (1885), 320 pages. This VG copy has some sun fading to spine, forward lean, weak hinges, and some soiling to cloth. Scattered foxing to edges and interior, small piece of archival tape to map fold, previous owner's name in pencil to both end papers, one dated Nov. 6th 1885.