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Neverland Books
LynchburgVA United States
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"King Solomon's Mines" by H. Rider Haggard. London: Cassell & Company, 1885 first UK edition, 2nd issue, with folding frontispiece, publisher's catalogue at rear (dated 5 G. 10.85), scattered spotting, hinges somewhat tender, original red pictorial cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, backstrip lightly faded, 8vo. The second issue, with errata "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.

About King Solomon's Mines

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.