Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World [Fully Illustrated]

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1910. Early printing; unstated. 1910 copyright by S. J. Donnelly at copyright; original copyright 1882. Fine navy buckram (cloth) boards, gilt spine titles, slight shelf wear. . Brown endpages w/ ephemera attached inside cover: 'Donnelly and Spirits: The Sage Not a Spiritualist in the Common Acceptance of the Term.' Pages near fine; no writing. Small red antiquarian label in pictorial design of a book at front pastedown: "Foyles, Book Sellers, Catalogues Free, 121 Charing Cross Rd., London, Books Bought, We Allow More for Books Bearing this Label." Fully illustrated w/over a hundred scientific, archaeological and cultural data; provocative. Includes rare original dust wrappers. Blue-grey matte printed wrapper features titles and premise summary at front, spine features titles and price GBP 10/6 NET; protected in clear sleeve. Moderate edge wear, rub, toning. Interestingly, the front and back flaps extend unusually close to interior hinges. Second wrapper is a type of plain tissue type wrapper also protected in clear sleeve. From front panel: "That the floating island of the ancients was no myth is here maintained in a volume crammed with curious, out of the way lore, all tending to prove that Atlantis, not Eden, was the cradle of the human race. This book, profusely and helpfully illustrated, may be enjoyed by the man in the street, its learning notwithstanding. It yield bountifully both pofit and pleasure." "The world has made such comet-like advance lately on science, we may almost hope, before we die of sheer decay, to learn something about our infancy; when lived that great, original, broad-eyed, sunken race, whose knowledge, like the sea-sustaining rocks, hath formed the base of this world's fluctuous lore."- Festus. Includes nineteen page detailed index. 490 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.