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King Solomon's Mines
by H. Rider Haggard
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
London- UK: Longman's, Green & Co., 1957. Jungle John by John Budden- Illustrated by H.R. Millar and Mrs. Michael West- New Method Supplementary Reader Stage 5- London-UK- 1957- 1st Edition-1st Printing-Thus (New Impression)- Simplified by Michael West- Illustrated Softcover Wraps:- VG+, no jacket as issued, clean and tight with only very minor rubs, tiny nick at top cover, from the Faculte Des Arts, Universite of Sherbrooke with their very clean stamp on title page and #4 on cover- 128 pages are clean and crisp, no tears or writing- Scarce!- SEE PHOTOS- Fiction-juvenile-adventure-illustrated (4661). 1st Edition-1st Printing-Thus. Illustrated Softcover Wraps. VG+/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated by H.R. Millar and Mrs. Michael West. 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 the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4661
- Title
- King Solomon's Mines
- Author
- H. Rider Haggard
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by H.R. Millar and Mrs. Michael West
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing-Thus
- Publisher
- Longman's, Green & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London- UK
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction-juvenile-adventure-illustrated
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
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- New
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- Jacket
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- 12mo
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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