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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. Contemporary rebinding in black leather with gilt titled and ribbed spine, black 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. Fine copy. The contemporary leather looks new, The book block is unmarked with white to off/white pages; a few pages have minor spots of toning. Fold out map has professional restoration tape on verso, and also at hinge between frontispiece and title page. A handsome well preserved 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.