KING SOLOMON'S MINES. With AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED LETTER TO A YOUNG READER ABOUT KING SOL0MON'S MINES. by HAGGARD, H. Rider.: - 1885

London, Cassell & Company 1885.. `FIRST EDITION THIRD ISSUE 1885. WITH A SIGNED 2 PAGE LETTER IN OLD INK TO A YOUNG READER, LETTER HEADED 69 GUNTERSTONE ROAD, WEST KENSINGTON, 28 Jan.ry, " Dear Miss Chaplin, Messrs Cassell have forwarded me your letter in which you put me a very difficult question. Some of King Solomon's Mines is true and some is only built upon the truth and I must leave you to guess which is which. As it is you ought to be very thankful that you are able to believe so throughly in anything. Perhaps when you get older you will realise how great is the value of one's illusions- Believe me very truly yours H. Rider Haggard". 8vo, approximately 190 x 125 mm, 7½ x 5 inches, folding coloured map as frontispiece, and a line map in the text, 320 pages plus 16 page catalogue, original publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine, black lettering and decoration to spine and covers, pale yellow endpapers. Binding slightly dusty and spine slightly darkened, slight shelf wear to corners and head and tail of spine, both top corners slightly stained with slight pale bleed through to following endpaper, folding map has 2 closed marginal tears (2" and ½") both repaired, not affecting image, lower inner margin of folding map trimmed, not affecting image, slight pale foxing to folding map and title page, inner paper hinges cracked, some signs of handling in the margins, neat old ink name to top of first free endpaper, otherwise a very good copy. The folding letter has a long closed tear repaired on blank side, no loss to text. Catalogue at rear dated '5 G. 10. 8' and all three errors of the first and second issues corrected. See: D.E. Watmore H. Rider Haggard A Bibliography, F3. THE ADDRESS 69 GUNTERSTONE ROAD HAS A BLUE PLAQUE TO RIDER HAGGARD. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.