THE LOST WORLD: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECENT AMAZING ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR GEORGE E. CHALLENGER, LORD JOHN ROXTON, PROFESSOR SUMMERLEE, AND MR. E. D. MALONE OF THE "DAILY GAZETTE"
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
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- Hardcover
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- A just about fine copy, mild dustiness to edges, small vertical crease at spine (binding flaw?), touch of rubbing to spine ends,
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New York: Hodder and Stoughton/George H. Doran Company, 1912. First U. S. edition. A just about fine copy, mild dustiness to edges, small vertical crease at spine (binding flaw?), touch of rubbing to spine ends, small stain to lower rear panel. An attractive copy. (8825). Octavo, cloth. The first of the Professor Challenger stories. Illustrations by Joseph Clement Coll and five by Maple White. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 1-31. Bleiler: Science Fiction: The Early Years, #612. Cawthorn & Moorcock: Fantasy: The 100 Best Books #27.
Synopsis
Journalist Ed Malone is looking for an adventure, and that's exactly what he finds when he meets the eccentric Professor Challenger - an adventure that leads Malone and his three companions deep into the Amazon jungle, to a lost world where dinosaurs roam free.
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- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
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- 8825
- Title
- THE LOST WORLD: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECENT AMAZING ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR GEORGE E. CHALLENGER, LORD JOHN ROXTON, PROFESSOR SUMMERLEE, AND MR. E. D. MALONE OF THE "DAILY GAZETTE"
- Author
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Book Condition
- Used - A just about fine copy, mild dustiness to edges, small vertical crease at spine (binding flaw?), touch of rubbing to spine ends,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U. S. edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton/George H. Doran Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- SF
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