![]() It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.Īllan Quatermain, an adventurer and white hunter based in Durban, in what is now South Africa, is approached by aristocrat Sir Henry Curtis and his friend Captain Good, seeking his help finding Sir Henry's brother, who was last seen travelling north into the unexplored interior on a quest for the fabled King Solomon's Mines. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. ![]() 1900 edition (WorldCat dating) American Publishers Corporation, New York smaller hardbound good condition with somewhat fragile pages title page with binding tear. ![]()
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