King Solomon's Mines
HAGGARD, H. Rider
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Add to basketSold by Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 25 March 2008
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Add to basketFull Description: HAGGARD, H. Rider. King Solomon's Mines. London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1885. First edition, second issue (with ads "5 G. 10.85" at rear; "Bamangwato" in line 14, p. 10; "to let twins live" in line 27, p. 122; "word" in line 29, p. 307). Octavo (7 1/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 180 x 125 mm). [4], vi, [7]-320, [16, publisher's catalogue] pp. Folding color facsimile map inserted as frontispiece. A black and white map on page 27. Original cloth covers and spine bound in at the back. Beautifully bound in full red-orange calf. Boards double-ruled in gilt. Spine stamped in gilt. With black and a green spine labels, lettered in gilt. Gilt board edges. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. A professional repaired closed tears to the folding map, and a closed tear to the crease. Some minor color retouching to spine and outer hinges. A small amount of chipping to spine labels. Overall a very good to about fine copy. The prototypical modern adventure novel, King Solomon's Mines was a surprise bestseller, and the first issue (of 1,000 copies) was quickly consumed by readers of all ages. H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925), "English novelist, whose tense, mysterious stories usually occur in some exotic African setting. His most effective novels are King Solomon's Mines (1885), Allan Quatermain (1887), She (1887), and its sequel, Ayesha (1905). Many of his books have been dramatized and made into motion pictures" (Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia). Allen 31. McKay 4. HBS 69199. $1,250.
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