The Lost World

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. First Edition - Deluxe Large Paper Version in the First Issue Binding. 13 plates tipped to captioned light brown mounts, tissue-guards present, Very good copy in the original light blue cloth, the faded backstrip and the front cover gilt lettered, the dinosaur footprints blocked in blind across the covers and backstrip, illustrated endpapers, t.e.g., others roughtrimmed, Occasional trace of foxing else over all a very good copy with the hinges still tight. Scarce. Only 190 of the 1,000 copies form the first issue bound in gilt-stamped blue cloth, the remaining sets of sheets were bound in heavier brown cloth and later copies have a revised imprint at the tail of the spine. (Inventory #: 14368J)