King Solomon's Mines.

Published by London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney; Cassell and Company, 1933., 1933

Seller: Keel Row Books. ABA/ ILAB / PBFA., Whitley Bay, United KingdomKeel Row Books. ABA/ ILAB / PBFA.

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Reprint after the first of 1885. Octavo, pp., xv, [1] blank, 298. Preliminaries mispaginated. Publisher's original tangerine cloth; titled in black to spine; black rule border to boards; white end-papers. In the original bright orange pictorial dust-jacket; advertisements to flaps and to lower panel. Slight loss to head of jacket spine-panel; minor shelf-wear to jacket extremities; slight soiling to lower panel; otherwise a bright and rather fresh jacket. Very slight shelf-wear to extremities of binding; otherwise bright, solid, and strong. Light scattered foxing to fore-edge, and a few spots internally but generally clean and in good order. A very good or better copy in like jacket. An attractive copy of the novel that spawned the 'Lost World' genre. 'In 1885 one of Rider's brothers asked his opinion of an adventure story that had just been published, Treasure Island, and Rider replied recklessly that, though it was certainly a good tale, he himself could write a boy's book just as good. His brother challenged him, and for the next six weeks Rider spent his evenings at his pedestal desk in his Kensington house, trying to win the wager with a tale of African adventure. [.] King Solomon's Mines met with instant success and transformed his life.' (ODNB).

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Bibliographic details

Title
King Solomon's Mines.
Author
Haggard, H. Rider.
Publisher
London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney; Cassell and Company, 1933.
Publication year
1933
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included

Keel Row Books. ABA/ ILAB / PBFA.

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Welcome to Keel Row Books, the North East of England's leading bookshop for first editions and rare & collectable books. We offer an unconditional guarantee on the completeness and authenticity of every book that we sell. Members ABA, ILAB, PBFA. Customers from USA, please note that books are exempt from the recently introduced 2025 tariffs. We welcome queries, please call +44 191 2960664 or email mail@keelrowbooks.com. All online items are available for same-day collection in store at no extra charge- please phone us in advance. Opening hours Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5pm.

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