King Solomon's Mines

Haggard's first Allan Quatermain story, set in 1880, with Quatermain 55 years old. The series also shows his death in 1885. The story of his first marriage --Marie (1912), #1 as the series is numbered at ISFDB-- is set from 1935 to 1938. Other stories in the series also imply that he is older than 55 here. --Wikipedia, fictional character or series article "Allan Quatermain"

"It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the lost world literary genre." --lead paragraph of the Wikipedia novel article (2019-09-09)

• First edition, first printing, first issue. Published 30 September 1885 in an edition of 2000 copies - L. W. Currey.
• Contains 16 pp. publisher's catalogue dated 5G.10.85 at end.

HathiTrust Digital Library (record 100860160) provides full view of one copy without original cover, catalogued with Notes: -- "Printer's note at colophon: 20.286, i.e. February 1886." -- "Printing errors corrected." Title page date 1886. Text p[v]-vi (Introduction signed "Allan Quatermain") and p[7]-320. No back pages.