Diese erste Folge der Challenger Stories gehört zu den früheren Science-Fiction-Romanen in englischer Sprache, greift jedoch zugleich auch Elemente des Abenteuerromans auf.

Im Zentrum der Erzählung steht die Erkundung eines geheimnisvollen südamerikanischen Plateaus im Dschungel (siehe Tepui), das von Urtieren bewohnt sein soll. Die vergessene Welt (im Original: The Lost World) ist ein 1912 erschienener Roman des britischen Schriftstellers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ) The Lost World Illustration of a Slip of Bark (opp. ) The Lost World Rough Chart of Maple White Land (opp. ) and: The Lost World Malone s Rough Map of the Journey to the Cliffs (opp. ) The Lost World Plate 8 The Central Lake (opp. ) The Lost World Plate 7 General View of Plateau from top of Gingho Tree (opp. ) The Lost World Plate 6 The Swamp of the Pterodactyls (opp. ) The Lost World Plate 5 Glade of the Iguanodons (opp. ) The Lost World Plate 4 The Plateau photographed by E.D. ) The Lost World Plate 3 A Distant View of the Plateau (opp. Complete with all 8 plates and 3 illustrations: The Lost World Frontispiece The Members of the Exploring Party The Lost World Plate 2 The Monster from Maple White s Sketch Book (opp. With some additionally illustrations by Maple White, placed on empty paper parts). Blue original cloth binding with an gilded illustration. With 8 plates and 2 maps and one illustration in text (so complete). Cawthorn & Moorcock: Fantasy: The 100 Best Books #27 Green and Gibson A37e.

A very collectible copy, clean, square, crisp. Two very mild blemishes to cloth else a near fine copy of this proto-typical example of the 'lost world' genre. Former owner's name and address written in pencil on front free end-paper and dated Jan. Illustrated with 16 plates, eleven by Joseph Clement Coll and five by Maple White. The first of the Professor Challenger stories, of which only 20,000 copies were printed. Doran Company on the title page, plus Hoddeer and Stoughton monogram, but with only Hodder & Stoughton on the spine heel. Hardcover, light brown ribbed cloth, gold gilt lettering to spine and front board, with Hodder & Stoughton/New York/ George H.

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