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London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1885. First Edition. Near Fine. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full red calf, gilt rules on the boards, raised bands on the spine, morocco spine labels, marbled end papers and all edges gilt, cloth covers bound in at the rear. A very handsome production, likely mid-20th century. Expertly rebacked with the original spine laid down. Map with a short tear professionally closed. First issue with the following points: p.10 - "Bamamgwato"; p.122 3rd line up - "let twins to live"; p. 307 footnote, second to last line - "wrod." Ads dated 5 G. 8.85. One of approximately 1000 first issue copies. H. Rider Haggard’s influential Victorian adventure tale. King Solomon’s Mines follows the adventure of Sir Allan Quatermain, who ends up discovering the lost civilization of Kukuanaland. (Indeed, the book is thought to have been the inspiration for the entire genre of “Lost World” science fiction -- and influenced writers as diverse as HP Lovecraft and…

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.

Look for the publisher Cassell & Company, published in 1885 with the listing of 'The New and Popular Novels, at all the Libraries' in the advertisements in the back, as well as no mention of other works by Haggard.