[HAGGARD, H. RIDER]. King Solomon's Mines. London: Cassell and Company, 1912.
Hardcover. New and revised edition. Leather-bound. Octavo (200 x 150mm), pp. [xv], 333. Finely bound by Riviere and Son in polished blue full calf. Five raised spine bands, the compartments and bands gilt ruled and tooled with lettering in the second compartment. Boards with a gilt ruled frame. Gilt armorial crest of Grosvenor School, Nottingham, to upper cover. Turn-ins blind stamped. Top edge gilt. Hand-marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. 4 colour illustrations including a frontispiece, plus an additional fold-out map. Condition: Very good. Binding secure and square, the hinges perfectly preserved. Covers free from rubbing but there are some very minor and trivial scuff marks. The contents are very good else for some spotting to fore-edge. Without inking or bookplates. Exquisite and scarce thus.
