Henry Rider HAGGARD

First French edition, rare, published in Hetzel's Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation. Translation and adaptation by G. Lemaire. Preface and postface by Bentzon. EK catalogue in fine.
Publisher's binding in half red shagreen signed Lenègre at tail. Spine with false raised bands decorated with gilt and blind compartments. White moiré endpapers. Blind fillet borders on boards. Rubbing to edges and corners. Some occasional worming and pale foxing. A few leaves slightly proud. Handsome copy.
King Solomon's Mines first appeared in London in 1885. It relates the adventures of a group of English explorers in a part of that continent hitherto unknown to Europeans. Setting out in sear

Complete first edition published two months after the first edition printed by the Edition française illustrée, one of 110 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly faded and lightened.
A full-margined copy of this classic and masterpiece of fantastic literature.

New edition.
Publisher's binding in full bottle-green cloth, smooth spine, title and publisher's name in gilt repeated on front cover, black paper endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrations hors-texte including a frontispiece.
Some minor foxing.