The Lost World
by Doyle, A. Conan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1912. Hardcover, light brown ribbed cloth, gold gilt lettering to spine and front board, with Hodder & Stoughton/New York/ George H. Doran Company on the title page, plus Hoddeer and Stoughton monogram, but with only Hodder & Stoughton on the spine heel. No dust-jacket. First American edition. [1912] copyright. The first of the Professor Challenger stories, of which only 20,000 copies were printed. 309pp. Illustrated with 16 plates, eleven by Joseph Clement Coll and five by Maple White. [the U.K. edition was illustrated with only 8 and those were different illustrations than the ones used in the American edition.] Former owner's name and address written in pencil on front free end-paper and dated Jan. 10, 1913. Two very mild blemishes to cloth else a near fine copy of this proto-typical example of the "lost world" genre. A very collectible copy, clean, square, crisp. Scans on request. Cawthorn & Moorcock: Fantasy: The 100 Best Books #27; Green and Gibson A37e.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004834
- Title
- The Lost World
- Author
- Doyle, A. Conan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Fiction, Modern First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Crisp
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- Gilt
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- Heel
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Spine
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