King Solomon's Mines

H. Rider Haggard

Published by Cassell & Comany, London, 1885

The eighth thousand of H. Rider Haggard's beloved adventure novel, often considered to be the work that pioneered the 'lost world' literary genre. The eighth thousand of this work, published in the same year as the first edition. With the textual misprints of the first and second issue corrected.With the printer's code '20.1285' to the tail of page 320, and with the publisher's advertisements dated '5.G.11.85' and '5.B.11.85'.Illustrated with a colour folding map frontispiece, and with a vignette map illustration to page 27. Collated, complete.With a contemporary prize inscription, dated Christmas 1885, to the front free endpaper.Detailing the adventures of a group of explorers in Africa, led by professional big game hunter Allan Quatermain, this work is considered to be the origins of the lost world literary genre.Haggard's novel follows an expedition through an untrodden region of Africa, and was one of the first adventure novel to be set on the continent. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with significant discolouration to back strip. Head of rear joint starting, with board tenderly held. Front hinge strained, and tender. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, binding a touch strained throughout. Tape repairs to folding frontispiece reverse. Pages bright, with light handling marks and spotting. Good. Seller Inventory # 900F7

Bibliographic Details

Title: King Solomon's Mines
Publisher: Cassell & Comany, London
Publication Date: 1885
Binding: Cloth
Illustrator: Not Stated
Condition: Good
Book Type: book