Lot 181
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World, first edition, large paper copy, second issue, [1912].
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World, first edition, large paper copy, second issue, frontispiece and 12 mounted plates, 2 map illustrations, upper hinge starting, foxing to fore-edge, spotting to title, school prize bookplate to endpaper, original second issue brown cloth with dinosaur footprints stamped in darker brown, lettered in gilt, school prize gilt stamp to upper cover, central vertical crease to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some marking and light surface soiling to covers, t.e.g., [Green & Gibson A37c], 8vo, [1912].
Description
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World, first edition, large paper copy, second issue, frontispiece and 12 mounted plates, 2 map illustrations, upper hinge starting, foxing to fore-edge, spotting to title, school prize bookplate to endpaper, original second issue brown cloth with dinosaur footprints stamped in darker brown, lettered in gilt, school prize gilt stamp to upper cover, central vertical crease to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some marking and light surface soiling to covers, t.e.g., [Green & Gibson A37c], 8vo, [1912].