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First edition, second issue; with "Bamamgwato" for "Bamangwato" on p. 10, line 14; "to let twins to live" for "to let twins live" on p. 122, line 27; and "wrod" instead of "word" on p. 307, line 29, and with publisher s catalog dated "5 G.10.85" and "5 B.10.85." rather than the 5G.8.85 catalog. Publisher's original red cloth, gilt and black stamped spine, front and back covers stamped in black, pale yellow end papers. Color fold out map as frontispiece, additional map on page 27. Scott 4 : Whatmore F3. London: Cassell and Company (1885), 320 pages + 16 page catalog. This VG copy has some sun fading to spine, forward lean and is slightly shaken with cracked hinges, some soiling to cloth. Nice clean book block has lightly scattered foxing, tiny tear to f.f.e. and an un-ripped fold out map.

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.