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The Lost World
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1912
Hodder and Stoughton : London
8" by 5.5"
vi-vii [1], 9-319pp
SUMMARY
The first edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyles popular science-fiction adventure novel, the first work in the Professor Challenger series.
First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Fair
This book weighs1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The standard paper first trade edition of this science fiction novel from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Illustrated with eight plates and two maps. Collated, complete.
The Lost World is probably Conan Doyles best known work excluding Sherlock Holmes series.
The novel concerns an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistorical, seemingly extinct, animals still survive. It was originally published serially in the Strand Magazine, before being published in book form.
Undated, as called for, with the printers colophon to verso of final leaf Wyman and Sons Ltd., printers London and Reading.
With the inscription of W. F. Temple to the front pastedown, and the stamp of W. G. Carpenter to the rear pastedown, a front blank, and the recto of the frontispiece. Further former owners inscription to frontispiece recto.
CONDITION
In the publishers original cloth binding. Lacking cloth back strip. Significant fading to boards. Fraying to back strip head. Joints starting, with rear board tender, but front board firmly held. Inscription to front pastedown. Former owners stamp to a front blank and the rear pastedown. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Internally, binding lightly strained throughout. Pages lightly age toned, with significant handling marks and spotting throughout. One plate detached and loosely inserted, with another only tenderly held.
Overall Condition: Fair
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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