King Solomon's Mines. HAGGARD (H. Rider).

Folding coloured frontispiece (tear repaired).

First Edition. 8vo. [185 x 122 x 32 mm]. [2]ff, 320, [16] pp. Bound c.1978 by Bayntun-Riviere in full red morocco, the covers with a gilt fillet border, the spine divided into six panels by raised bands and gilt compartments, lettered in the second and third and dated at the foot, the edges of the boards tooled with a gilt fillet, the turn-ins with gilt fillets, Cockerell marbled endleaves, gilt edges, the original cloth covers and spine bound in at the end.
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1885.

With the half-title and the advertisements which are dated "5 G. 10.85". This is the second issue of the first edition, with the usual points including "Bamangwato" on p.10. There are a few light spots but it is a very good copy. It was priced at £95 when bound in c.1978, and has had one owner since.

Stock no. ebc7995