King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, First Edition (52 results)

Pappe. Condition: gut. EA. sehr seltene frühe Ausgabe des Tauchnitz Verlages , Papiereinband mit Rückenläsur In englischer Sprache. 288 pages.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 638 p: ill.; 22 cm. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Small softcover in simple unadorned wraps. 'Tauchnitz Edition, Collection of British and Authors, Vol. 2386'. Publisher's adverts at rear. Protected by a historical/contemporary glassine cover. Previous bookshop(?) stamp top right corner. Slight lean, some shelf wear.

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: 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.

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).

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 Covers. Condition: Very Good to Very Good Plus. Michael Herring; Darrell K. Sweet; (illustrator). Various dates & printings. -----The scans you see are the books you get. All four (4) soft covers (roughly) 7" by 4 1/4" (inches), are clean square true & tight, flat mostly uncreased spines, 190, 308, 365, 239 pages, books are in at least Very Good condition or better, with faint to minor edge wear. "Sir Henry Rider Haggard is best known for his African adventure novels, notably King Solomon's Mines and She." Books are: (H. Rider Haggard (grouping): King Solomon's Mines / She and Allan / The People of the Mist / The World's Desire. Four soft covers from H. Rider Haggard. Check out the scans. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Imitation Leather-Guild lettering-Attractive tight copy-King Solomon's Mines tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Walter Paget (illustrator). 1st Edition. Afterword by Robert E Morsberger.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Here is a student edition in light brown cloth that is lettered in black on spine and cover. Map on page 15. After the story ends on page 214, there appears: Introducing the Story, Chief Persons, Glossary, Notes, Questions and Exercises. Undated, yet contains "nig****" in a student edition. London: Cassell and Company (n.d.), ix, 228 pages. Fine. Modest wear, inked name and bookseller pencils on f.f.e. White to off-white pages.

Paperback. First Edition. Armed Services Edition 795. Oblong format. A very good+copy. ; Small octavo.

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: 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.

Hardcover. First Edition. Modern Library #163. 266pp + [2]pp of publisher's advertisements. Green cloth stamped in gold and black on the front panel and spine panel, top edge stained green. A fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with mild edge wear and a couple of minute chips. ; Octavo.

Condition: Fine. First edition thus. Hardback. Small quarto. xxi, 679pp. Number 38 in a limited edition of 100 copies. Printed laminated hardback. Near fine copy. Previous owner's initials to end paper.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1957, Stated Modern Library Edition on Copyright Page. . First edition THUS. VG/VG-, AS-IS, 266 pages + ADS End with AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. Green cloth Hardcover with running man & Gold Gilt Title in Black box, cvr tiny corner Nick. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Modern Library number 163. Very good in a very good- (a couple of ink markings to the titles on the verso, minor edge wear and rubbing scuff dust jacket. tiny chips tears spine DJ ends, Publishers Blue Topstain top outer pgs edge, AInterior nice tight clean light wear ,Two Complete & Unabridged classic novels by, Sir Henry Rider Haggard--the Victorian adventure writer and author, She is strange story of immortal white Sorceress deep inside Africa, sought out by Englishman intent upon avenging Ancient Crime against backdrop of Lost Civilization , King Solomon's Mines is account of seach for fabled Lost DiamondMines & Treasures, Story of Suspense filled adventure.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition (Thus). Nouvelle Edition in burgundy/purple leather, covers ruled n blind, spine titled in gilt (?), blue endpapers, frontispiece and 12 interior b/w illustrations. Translated by C. Lamaire, Bibliotheque Des Succes Scolaires. Paris: Hetzel (n.d. 1890), iv+262 pages. Good. Sun bleached spine, age wear, cracked spine, split and repaired section of front hinge. Still a solid copy. No jacket as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Likely the first edition translated into Spanish. Contemporary rebinding - half bound with brown cloth and black leather and gilt rules, ribbed spine lettered and tooled in gilt, marbled end pages and marbled end papers. Pale green cloth with illustrated color paper label on cover, spine and cover stamped in black. Typos are fixed, folding map reproduced here as the frontispiece. New York: D. Appleton Y Cia (1888), 320 pages. VG. Cover separation along front gutter, light edge wear. Off white pages.

Red Cloth. Condition: Good. Early Edition. Early edition, half title, title page dated 1886, folding map which has torn along the fold, vi, 320pp, 2pp advert for Treasure Island, 12pp list of books published by Cassell, some marks to front free endpaper, rear endpapers lightly tanned, occasional spotting internally, original red cloth, black printed title and decoration of spears and shields, spine a little faded, some marks and faded patches on boards. Publication details: at bottom of p320 publisher's name and address and ref number 20.186, at bottom of the first page of the publisher catalogue 5 G I.86 and at the bottom of the ninth page of the catalogue 5 B I.86. Haggard's mistake of having the eclipse of the sun at the same time as a full moon was corrected in later editions to a full eclipse of the moon. In this copy it is still an eclipse of the sun. Whatmore F3 Size: 7.5 x 5 Inches. Fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition (Thus). First US printed hardcover edition [Cassell's American hardcover has sheets published in the UK]. Decorative red cloth stamped in black, greenish end papers. This is the Fireside #17 wraps version, released in cloth as part of the Home Series. Dated December 22, 1886 on the title page but is probably from later 1887/88. The fold out map is now printed as the frontispiece, and the other map is on page 23. The publisher's catalog at rear lists Allen Quartermain [misspelled] which was not published until 1887. Whatmore page 168. New York: J. S. Ogilvie & Company (1886), 188 pages + 6 page catalog. VG. A well preserved copy with pushed spine ends, sear, modest soil. Inked price on f.f.e., Cheap paper has browned, getting brittle at very edge, 1 tiny chip. Frontispiece partly separated from binding.

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.

Octavo, pp. [iii-vii] viii [9] 10-11 [12] 13-125 [126: blank], inserted folding map, numerous illustrations in the text, several signed "L.S.," rebound in modern boards with facsimile pictorial cover, t.e.g. First edition. This edition was issued in paperbound format only. "This parody on 'King Solomon's Mines' was for many years attributed to Andrew Lang. In 1921, however, writing to the SKETCH in August concerning a caricature of Haggard by 'Maat' which had appeared in its issue for Aug. 3, Ernest Vizetelly gave the name of the author of 'King Solomon's Wives' as Sir Henry Chartres Biron who wrote it when he was a young barrister." - Scott. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 244 (attributing to John de Morgan). Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 180. Reginald 04118. Scott 627. Whatmore PL11. Topp, Victorian Yellowbacks & Paperbacks, 1849-1905, VII, p. 382. This copy has been rebound without the original paper covers; the half title leaf is present, but the leaf of publisher's advertisements at rear is missing. A very good copy. (#151979).

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: Fine. Auguste Souze (illustrator). 1st Edition (Thus). French first edition(?) in red cloth, cover and spine illustrated in gilt, silver, red, green and black, back cover decorated in black, beveled boards, all edges gilt, blue endpapers, frontispiece with tissues guard. Cover art by Auguste Souze, interiors by Édouard Riou. Paris: Hetzel (n.d. 1888), vii+iv+260 pages, 8 page Hetzel catalog EK at rear. Fine. Cloth shows some age wear and modest soiling, slightly sun faded spine, curling tips. Interior unmarked save for some bookseller pencils, modest foxing. No jacket as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The scarce sixth thousand of this classic adventure. Published in late November 1885, the same year as the first edition, first issue, this is believed to be the third printing (with the three textual misprints of the earlier issues corrected). After the first issue of 1,000 copies, two other issues of 500 copies each were published, followed by rapid further printings in October, November and December 1885. Deep red cloth with black lettering, gilt title lettering to spine. 8vo, 320pp with folding map present opposite title page & 16 pages (2 sheets unopened) of advertised books at rear dated 5G 11.85. Date code beneath last line on p. 320 is 20.1185. Generally very clean. Ink name to half title. Inner hinges strengthened with matching yellow paper from a similar edition from the same year. Presents very well.

First edition, third issue. 8vo., orig. red cloth with pictorial decoration in black on the covers and spine, vi, (7)-320, (2), (16)pp ads. With "20.12.85" at the foot of p.320 and with "11.85" at the foot of p.10 of the ads. Inscription, the spine is cocked, faded, with wear to the ends o/w very good. Whatmore F3 for the first edition.