Author: Hyder Ragged [Sir Henry Chartres Biron]
Title: King Solomon&Apos;S Wives; or, the Phantom Mines
Description: London, Vizetelly & Co, 1887 . First edition. Paperback. The uncommon first edition of this humorous contemporary parody of H. Rider Haggerd's 'King Solomon's Mines&apos. The uncommon first edition of this work, in the very scarce publisher's original paper wraps.This humorous parody of H. Rider Haggard's popular 1885 novel was for many years attributed to Andrew Lang, but has since been revealed as the work of Sir Henry Chartres Biron, chief magistrate of the metropolitan police courts, who wrote it when he was a young barrister. He later presided over the trial for obscenity of Radclyffe Hall's 'The Well of Loneliness&apos.Illustrated with a folding map and ten plates. Collated, complete.With advertisements to the endpapers and wraps.Scott, 627.A well preserved example of this work in the very scarce original wraps. In the publisher's original illustrated paper wraps. Significant loss of paper to back strip tail, with a small loss of paper to the back strip head. Areas of fading and rubbing to front and rear wraps. Internally, binding tender between pages 80 and 81, otherwise firmly held. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: King Solomon's Wives King Solomon's Mines Chartres Biron h rider haggard King Solomon's Mines Not Stated


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