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AED[THE LOST WORLD]. LANKESTER, Edwin Ray, Sir (1847-1929). Ex...
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Bidsquare : A Study in Sherlock, Part II: Including the Collections of Robert Hess and Roy Pilot
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We are pleased to announce the second session of Robert Hess's Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle collection. High spots will include the only known copy of the first English edition of The Lost World in original dust jacket and Sidney Paget's personal robe. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
We are pleased to announce the second session of Robert Hess's Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle collection. High spots will include the only known copy of the first English edition of The Lost World in original dust jacket and Sidney Paget's personal robe. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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[THE LOST WORLD]. LANKESTER, Edwin Ray, Sir (1847-1929). Extinct Animals. London: Archibald Constable, 1905.8vo. Portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations in the text (some spotting to frontispiece). Original gilt-stamped plum cloth (spine gently sunned, a touch of rubbing at ends and fore-corners); folding box. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY LANKESTER on the title-page and dated 4 February 1906.A PRINCIPAL SOURCE FOR DOYLE?S LOST WORLD. To make his imagined prehistoric world come to life, Doyle would illustrate The Lost World with ?faked? photographs of the mythical exploring party that would include himself in disguise as Professor Challenger, ?The other illustrations for the book were copied closely from E. Ray Lankester?s Extinct Animals (London: Archibald Constable, 1905)? which was also a principal source for the details of the prehistoric world? (See Green and Gibson A37 note).
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