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King Solomon's Mines
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/No Jacket ( as Issued )
- ISBN 10
- 0895775530
- ISBN 13
- 9780895775535
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Item Price
€16.73€12.55
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About This Item
Pleasantville, New York, Usa: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket ( as Issued ). Paget, Walter. As New, A Barely Read Copy. With Name Tag Inside Front Cover.- May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Vintage 1994 H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines has entertained generations of readers since its first publication in 1885. Following a mysterious map of dubious reliability, a small group of men trek into southern Africa in search of a lost friend-and a lost treasure, the fabled mines of King Solomon. Led by the English adventurer and fortune hunter Allan Quartermain, they discover a frozen corpse, survive untold dangers in remote mountains and deserts, and encounter the merciless King Twala en route to the legendary hoard of diamonds.
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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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011127
- Title
- King Solomon's Mines
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Illustrator
- Paget, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket ( as Issued )
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0895775530
- ISBN 13
- 9780895775535
- Publisher
- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, New York, Usa
- Date Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 224
- Keywords
- Classic, Fiction Books, Good Reads, Suspense, Teen Lit, Realistic Fiction, Adventure, Novel, Mystery Thriller, Vintage Fiction, Vintage Novel, Historical Fiction, Classics, Great Detectives, Private Investigators
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Books;
- X weight
- 800 g
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