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First edition, first impression. With all the textual misprints: p. 10, "Bamamgwato"; p. 122 3rd line up "let twins to live"; p. 307 footnote, last line, "Wrod." Surprisingly scarce in the correct state. King Solomon's Mines "met with instant success" (ODNB) and is considered to be the foundation of the "Lost World" science fiction genre. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial block of the shield and spear to the front lower board after the original, twin rule to turn-in gilt, gilt edges. With a folding map. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy.

King Solomon's Mines is a novel by the English writer H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1885. It is one of the first English adventure novels set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the 'Lost World' literary genre.