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King Soloman's Mines.
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hurst & Co., Publishers, 1887. One of Haggard's most popular and famed novels. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of a reprinted edition, probably an early pirate. There is no publication date, but there is a gift inscription on the first free endpaper that is dated 1887, two years after the original publication. Brown cloth decorative binding [possibly originally maroon] nicely stamped in black and designated as "Arlington Edition." Stamping on the spine, with the titling in a gilt label. Clean text; 177 pages, with a 12-page publisher catalog in the rear. The textblock is stiff and heavily toned. Typical of early reprints and pirates, care was given by the publisher to employ a lovely decorative binding, while neglecting quality paper stock. An interesting printing for the Haggard completist.. Reprint Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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 to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006511
- Title
- King Soloman's Mines.
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co., Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- Completist
- A completist is a book collector who seeks all collectible editions of a particular title, subject, author, or other focus of...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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