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The Lost World
de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Usado
- fair
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fair
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 283.10EUR 254.79
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Sobre este artículo
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. Fair. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. The first edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's popular science-fiction adventure novel, the first work in the Professor Challenger series. 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 Doyle's 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 printer's 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 owner's inscription to frontispiece recto. In the publisher's 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 owner's 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. Fair
Sinopsis
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 896F8
- Título
- The Lost World
- Autor
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fair
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1912
- Tamaño
- 8" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- Arthur Conan Doyle Professor Challenger Science fiction Lost world Professor Challenger
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- First Edition
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- Fair
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- Plate
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Colophon
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Cloth
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