First edition. 8vo., an unusually good copy in original dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper cover ornamented in gilt, head and tail of spine just a little crumpled. London, Trubner & Co, 1882.
Haggard’s first published work. Only 750 copies were printed at the father of the author’s expense. Initially only 154 copies sold and Trubner wrote to Haggard that they regarded this particular account as “a most unsatisfactory one”. Once Haggard had established his fame with “King Solomon’s Mines” (1885), the remainding copies sold readily. Scott 1.
