London: Cassell, 1885. First Edition, Second State. Signed, inscribed, and dated in the year of publication by the author H. Rider Haggard at the half-title: “ To Mr. Palmer from H. Rider Haggard, December, 1885”. With the folding color facsimile map fully intact, inserted as a frontispiece, and a black and white map on page 27. Some darkening to the red cloth, mostly at the spine, with a tiny bit of strengthening and with some edge wear and light handling without dust jacket. Inspired by Treasure Island, Haggard set out to write an adventure story for boys, and succeeded in creating one for adults too.

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King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist, Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is the first English fictional adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.

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Bookseller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 22670E
Title: King Solomon’s Mines
Author: HAGGARD, H. RIDER
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1885

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Inscribed: When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Second State: used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...