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King Solomon's Mines
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Cassell, London, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Small Octavo. 228 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. King Solomon's Mines is a popular novel by the English 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. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Africa; 19th century; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10408. .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10408
- Title
- King Solomon's Mines
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- BZDB137 allan quatermain, english, africa, adventure, Fiction; Africa; 19th century; Unbranded Haggard, H. Rider King Solomon's Mines
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About the Seller
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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