The Lost World
$1,250 · Offered by Biblio
First edition
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. First edition. Illustrated with photographic half-tone portrait frontispiece of members of the expedition, plates and two full-page line cut maps. 319, [1, imprint] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full navy blue crushed morocco. Some light overall toning, only the slightest foxing to first pages, original cloth cover bound in rear, near fine. First edition. Illustrated with photographic half-tone portrait frontispiece of members of the expedition, plates and two full-page line cut maps. 319, [1, imprint] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Handsome copy of the first Professor Challenger story and the ancestor of most subsequent "Lost World" tales. Even though Doyle has some rather striking anachronisms (e.g., cavemen with dinosaurs), the book has served as the model for dozens of books and films. Green & Gibson A37a; Anatomy of Wonder 1-63; Bleiler, p. 63
- Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
- Year: 1912
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: unknown
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