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Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

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Lost Horizon

by Hilton, James

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Very Good+
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About This Item

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1933. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition. [iv] 277 pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, red topstain. Very Good+, lacking the dust jacket. Head cloth worn, tips exposed, faint mottling to cloth, hinges a bit overopened, bookseller ticket on rear paste down. The first printing of the novel that inspired Frank Capra's 1937 film by the same name, about the land of Shangri-La.

Synopsis

Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet.

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Bookseller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
140938820
Title
Lost Horizon
Author
Hilton, James
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
William Morrow & Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1933
Keywords
Shangri-La, Frank Capra, adventure, Fountain of Youth, film
Bookseller catalogs
Literature;

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About the Seller

Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon

About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.

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Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Good+
A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.

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