King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, First Edition

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About this Item: New York: Council on Books in Wartime / Armed Services Edition / ASE # 795 1st Printing circa, 1945. Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. ----------vintage paperback. An Allan Quatermain adventure. Touch of shelfwear, a perhaps unread near fine copy. Seller Inventory # 006678

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About this Item: New York: Prudential Book Co., 1900. First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 159 p. Series; Wakefield Series No. 31. Notes; Publication date approximate. Subjects; Fiction. Africa. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 239639

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About this Item: New York: Prudential Book Co., 1900. First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 159 p. Series; Wakefield Series No. 31. Notes; Publication date approximate. Subjects; Fiction. Africa. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 239639

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About this Item: Longmans, Green, New York, 1941. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. First American Edition. This book is clean, tight, square with very good corners and internally unmarked in a very good dust jacket in mylar. It is lightly rubbed and has light stains and there a small name on the ffep. The dust jacket has some chips at the spine ends. It has 374, bright, clear pages bound in tan covered boards with black titles on the spine and front. Seller Inventory # 019135

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About this Item: Cassell, UK, 1930. Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New Edition. New Edition C1930. Undated. Book is very good++ and quite bright. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Edges rubbed, creased nicked and a number of small closed tears. Loss to spine top. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 14080 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 016477

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About this Item: Worthington, New York, 1888. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint Edition. Franklin illustrated edition in red cloth, decorated in black on spine and cover, gilt to spine. With 1st printing error of "bamamgwato" on page 13. New York: Worthington (1888), 188 pages. VG copy with some modest wear and soiling spots. Previous owner's stamp and inscription dated 1891, and small bookstore sticker on front end pages. Seller Inventory # 193874

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About this Item: McKinlay Stone & Mackenzie. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Comments: Some tanning on pages. Foxing on title page. No d-j. 5.25" W 7.75" H Synopsis: King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It 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. Seller Inventory # 10703

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About this Item: Cassell, UK, 1926. Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. New Edition. New Editon 1926. Book is very good++ and in bright condition. Very light foxing to dusty page edges. Light foxing occasionally through pages. Gift school bookplate to endpaper. The wrapper is near very good but quite bright. Spine ligthened and soiling to white parts of the wrapper. Loss to spine tips and edges. Edges with small closed tears. Un-common with such an early wraopper. PLEASE DOUBLE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Digital images available upon request. Ref 6753 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 008947

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About this Item: Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 2005. Hardcover. Condition: New condition. First Edition. Hardcover bound in a decorative brown leather binding. The text is clean and unmarked, and does not have a bookplate. Silk bookmark and silk moire endpapers. First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Book. Seller Inventory # 016701

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About this Item: Cassell, UK, 1907. Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition Thus. 1st Edition Thus 1907. A lovely new decorative edition in full leather. Lovely embossed front cover. Book is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents very good. Small bookplate to endpaper. Un-common. PLEASE DOUBLE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Digital images available upon request. ref5291 Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 009878

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About this Item: Worthington, New York, 1887. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint Edition. Franklin illustrated edition in brown cloth, decorated in black on spine and cover, gilt to spine, tissue guarded frontispiece. With 1st printing error of "bamamgwato" on page 13. New York: Worthington (1887), 188 pages. Fair/Good copy with soiling/damp stain and wear, interior is toned with some scattered foxing and soiling. No jacket. Seller Inventory # 193873

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About this Item: Cassell & Company Ltd, 1885. 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. Seller Inventory # 29534

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About this Item: Cassell and Company, New York, 1885. 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. Seller Inventory # 183840

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About this Item: Cassell, UK, 1888. Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good++. Reprint. Reprint 1888. 63rd Thousand printing. Signed by the author to the inner page. Un-common signed. Book is good++ and in quite bright condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Spine tips quite rubbed with light surface loss. Spine and cloth darkened. Nice clean contents. Gutters cracked but all holding well. More digital images can be taken upon request. Ref 13325 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 016160

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About this Item: London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1885, 1885. Octavo (185 x 127 mm). 20th-century red morocco by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath, raised bands to spine, compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, single gilt rule border to covers, gilt edge roll, turn-ins ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. With the original covers bound in at rear. A couple of tears to folding map expertly repaired, otherwise a fine, handsomely-bound copy. Folding colour map frontispiece. First edition, second state, with the textual misprints corrected. This copy is bound without the adverts. King Solomon's Mine was "met with instant success" (ODNB) and is considered to be the foundation of the "Lost World" science fiction genre. Seller Inventory # 125042

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About this Item: London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885, 1885. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles and decoration to front board in black, titles to spine in black and gilt, yellow coated endpapers. Ownership signature to front free endpaper. Spine rolled and slightly faded, closed tear to frontispiece stub, hinges partly cracked but holding, a little faint foxing to contents. A very good copy. With folding map as frontispiece. First edition, second issue, with misprints corrected, and ads dated 10.85. The book is considered to be the foundation of the "Lost World" science fiction genre. Seller Inventory # 120799

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About this Item: Cassell and Compay, Ltd, London, 1885. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full red calf, gilt rules on the boards, raised bands on the spine, morocco spine labels, marbled end papers and all edges gilt, cloth covers bound in at the rear. A very handsome production, likely mid 20th century. Expertly rebacked with the original spine laid down. Map with a short tear professionally closed. First issue with the following points: p.10 - "Bamamgwato"; p.122 3rd line up - "let twins to live"; p.307 footnote, second to last line - "wrod." Ads dated 5 G. 8.85. One of approximately 1000 first issue copies. H. Rider Haggard's influential Victorian adventure tale. King Solomon's Mines follows the adventure of Sir Allan Quatermain, who ends up discovering the lost civilization of Kukuanaland. (Indeed, the book is thought to have been the inspiration for the entire genre of "Lost World" science fiction -- and influenced writers as diverse as HP Lovecraft and Michael Crichton.) Even though Haggard was inspired to write the book because of a wager with his brother - and finished it in less than four months - King Solomon's Mines would prove to be a best seller. "Mr. Haggard has little prestige on this side of the water, but it will be unjust if "King Solomon's Mines" does not bring him renown." (Contemporary New York Times Book Review). Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 2123

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About this Item: 1885. London: Cassell & Company, 1885. 16 pp ads dated Aug 1885. Original red cloth decorated in black. First Edition, first printing, first state of ads -- of Haggard's famous first adventure tale to feature the adventurer Allan Quatermain. This was Haggard's masterpiece, the book that made his reputation; it was his third work of fiction, preceded only by the poorly-selling three-deckers DAWN and THE WITCH'S HEAD.~Haggard wrote KING SOLOMON'S MINES as a book for boys, but the book went on to become one of the hottest-selling adventure stories for readers of all ages. According to Haggard's daughter Lilias, the germ of KING SOLOMON'S MINES was as follows:~Travelling up to London with one of his brothers they started discussing TREASURE ISLAND, just then making a great success [Cassell had published it just over a year earlier]. Rider said he didn't think it was so very remarkable, whereupon his brother replied, rather indignantly: "Well, I'd like to see you write anything half as good -- bet you a bob you can't." "Done," said Rider.~The story of Haggard's deal with Cassell likewise is legendary. The publisher offered either to buy the copyright for 100 pounds or to pay him a 10% royalty on all copies sold. Haggard decided to take the immediate cash (as his first two books had sold so poorly), and the publisher left the room to fetch a purchase agreement. A lowly office clerk then suggested to Haggard that he take the royalty instead, and he did -- and the book earned him a fortune for decades to come. The tale has been put on film in 1937 (in the U.K. starring Cedric Hardwicke and Paul Robeson), in 1950 (starring Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr), in 1985 (starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone), and in 2004 (as a TV miniseries starring Patrick Swayze).~The first printing consisted of 2000 copies that were published on 30 September 1885: according to Scott, 1000 of these were bound first (with August ads), and 500 more were then bound up with October ads; the remaining 500 sets of sheets were shipped to the U.S. where in November they were bound (in blue cloth) as the American issue. Second and third printings were then run (undifferentiable from each other); these were issued with October, November and December ad catalogues. These later copies are often mistaken for the first printing, as they are likewise dated 1885 and bear no obvious designation; they are the same as the first printing except for the correction of three misprints on pages 10, 122 and 307.~This copy is from the first printing, with the three misprints, and is also from the first issue, with the earliest (August) ad catalogue. This is a very good copy, with what are the usual problems for this bright red Cassell binding of the mid-1880s (also used on some R.L. Stevenson titles): the volume is a bit askew, the spine is somewhat faded and soiled, the joints are a little rubbed, and the front endpaper has some minor cracking. The leaves have occasional light foxing (less than usual), and the fold-out frontispiece (of the treasure map drawn in blood) has a repaired tear. That said, this is a highly-collectible copy, because almost all first-printing copies that surface on the market are no better -- and in fact, most have been either re-backed or rebound, whereas this copy is still as it was issued in 1885. Scott 4; McKay 4; Whatmore F3; Allen 31. Seller Inventory # 14241

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About this Item: Imprint Society, Barre, MA, 1970. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Gentleman, David (illustrator). First Edition. Signed by Illustrator. Limited Numbered Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. This book is number 823 of 1950 and is signed by David Gentleman. Gilt-stamped black leather spine with tan cloth over boards, introduction by Richard H. Sanger, 216 pages, illustrated in color and black and white. Some chipping to leather along edges of spine and spine ends. Original gilt-stamped black cloth slip case is bumped at corners, rubbed, lightly faded in places. Illustrator: Gentleman, David. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 11 oz. Category: Fiction; Signed by Illustrator. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 013515. Seller Inventory # 013515

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About this Item: Readers Digest, UK, 1996. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Walter Paget (illustrator). 1st Edition. Afterword by Robert E Morsberger. Seller Inventory # 000950

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About this Item: Cassell and Company, London, 1890. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Walter Paget (illustrator). Reprint Edition. Sixty Eighth Thousand printing with brick red boards, titled and decorated in gilt and black on spine and cover, decorated in black on back cover, with ten illustrations by Walter Paget including the tissue guarded frontispiece, decorated end pages. Fold out color map has 2-3" tear along fold. London: Cassell and Company (1890), 320 pages + 16 page catalog dated 5/90 at rear. Good copy with some wear and rubbing to boards, cracked hinges with boards loose. Previous owner's gift inscription dated Xmas 1890 on half title page. Seller Inventory # 193871

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About this Item: Cassell, UK, 1905. Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Russell Flint (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 1st Edition Thus 1905. A new edition with thirty two illustrations by the great artist. A very un-common edition. Book is very good+ and in quite bright condition. Spine slghly dull. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents good. Internal repair to front gutter hinge. Map has a small repaired tear to corner. More digital images can be taken upon request. Ref11488 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 013878

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About this Item: Cassell, UK, 1905. Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Russell Flint (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 1st Edition Thus 1905. Includes a signed post card by the author. A new edition with thirty two illustrations by the great artist. A very un-common edition. Book is very good+ and in quite bright condition. Spine slightly dull. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents good. More digital images can be taken upon request. Ref11792 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed. Seller Inventory # 017545

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About this Item: Editions for the Armed Services Inc no date [mid-1940s], New York, 1940. Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. New York: Editions for the Armed Services Inc no date [mid-1940s]. Good. 0000. First Edition Thus. Softcover. First edition thus. Armed Services Edition #795. Pictorial wrappers [oblong bound, mass market sized paperback format], 319 pages. Significant "waviness" to book from improper storage [in pocket as intended?] else generally VG or better copy [scattered light wear, light creasing; cheap text paper tanning]. . Seller Inventory # 16620

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About this Item: Royal Books [1953], New York, 1953. Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. New York: Royal Books [1953]. Good. 1953. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. First edition thus. Royal Books Giant Edition No. 18. "Two great classics under one cover.Ageless classics modernized for easier, swifter reading. Edited but unexpurgated". Pictorial wrappers, 319+ pages. Good copy spine curved and creased with a tear to each front corner, cover creasing, signficant adhesion wear to the rear cover near the spine edge, pages toned; but the text is tight and clean]. . Seller Inventory # 65750

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About this Item: Street and Smith, New York, 1919. Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Softcover Edition. 195 pp. Select Library No. 80. Trade paperback format. A first thus. Actually undated - the date was provided by a previous owner who wrote inside where and when the book was originally purchased. Wear at the corners with some short splits along the spine, two of which lead into the front cover; some minor chipping at the foot of the spine. Size: 12mo. Seller Inventory # 207858

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About this Item: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1994. 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. Seller Inventory # 007648

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About this Item: London Cassell & Company, 1885. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION THIRD ISSUE 1885. WITH A SIGNED 2 PAGE LETTER IN OLD INK TO A YOUNG READER, LETTER HEADED 69 GUNTERSTONE ROAD, WEST KENSINGTON, 28 Jan.ry, " Dear Miss Chaplin, Messrs Cassell have forwarded me your letter in which you put me a very difficult question. Some of King Solomon's Mines is true and some is only built upon the truth and I must leave you to guess which is which. As it is you ought to be very thankful that you are able to believe so throughly in anything. Perhaps when you get older you will realise how great is the value of one's illusions- Believe me very truly yours H. Rider Haggard". 8vo, approximately 190 x 125 mm, 7½ x 5 inches, folding coloured map as frontispiece, and a line map in the text, 320 pages plus 16 page catalogue, original publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine, black lettering and decoration to spine and covers, pale yellow endpapers. Slight lean, binding slightly dusty and spine slightly darkened, slight shelf wear to corners and head and tail of spine, both top corners slightly stained with slight pale bleed through to following endpaper, folding map has 2 closed marginal tears (2" and ½") both repaired, not affecting image, lower inner margin of folding map trimmed, not affecting image, slight pale foxing to folding map and title page, inner paper hinges cracked, some signs of handling in the margins, neat old ink name to top of first free endpaper, otherwise a good copy. The folding letter has a closed tear repaired on blank side, no loss to text. Catalogue at rear dated '5 G 10. 85.' (the last number 5 missing, printer's error) '5 B. 10. 85', and all three errors of the first and second issues corrected. See: D.E. Watmore H. Rider Haggard A Bibliography, F3. THE ADDRESS 69 GUNTERSTONE ROAD HAS A BLUE PLAQUE TO RIDER HAGGARD. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 24707

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About this Item: Hetzel, Paris, 1888. 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. Seller Inventory # 193860

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