King Solomon's Mines

H. Rider Haggard

Published by Cassell and Company, London, 1887

About this Item

Fifty-Third Thousand edition - the first illustrated edition. Publisher's original maroon cloth, gilt and black stamped spine and cover, back cover stamped in black, floral end papers. Tissue guarded frontispiece and eight illustrations [all present] by Walter Paget, also with color fold out map at page 1, and another map at page 27. With printer's code 50.887 at base of page 320. Four pages of publisher's ads followed by 16 page catalog at rear with codes 5 G 9.87 and 5 B 9.87. Scott 4 : Whatmore F3 7c. London: Cassell and Company (1887), 320 pages. This VG copy has a slight forward lean, age wear, a bit of fading to spine with spine ends just beginning to fray. Cracked hinges, light scattered foxing on off-white pages.

Seller Inventory # DA2024

Bibliographic Details

• Title: King Solomon's Mines
• Publisher: Cassell and Company, London
• Publication Date: 1887
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Walter Paget
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • H. Rider Haggard