King Solomon's Mines
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used; Good
- Seller
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Haines City, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie. Hard Cover. Used; Good. Type: Ex-Library Average wear for its age; normal ex-library markings; previous owner bookplate. Maroon cloth boards with gold and black stele decore on front, and gold scarab and titles on spine; glossy b/w frontispiece. One of nineteen books from the series, "The Works of H. Rider Haggard", that we're listing as numbers 2366 through 2383. We also have several other Haggard books and biographies of the prolific 19th century writer. The adventure story that introduced Haggard's most famous hero, Allan Quatermain, who is enlisted by Sir Henry Curtis to find his younger brother. The missing young man was searching for the riches rumored to be buried in the legendary mines. The search takes them over some of the most dangerous terrain in Africa.
Synopsis
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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- Seller
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- Seller's Inventory #
- HBBK02380
- Title
- King Solomon's Mines
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used; Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- FICTION HISTORICAL ANCIENT TIMES HAGGARD AFRICA FOLKLORE LEGEND MYTH ALLAN QUATERMAIN FICTITIOUS CHARACTER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare;
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Haines City, Florida
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