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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Lost World. New York: A.L. Burt Company, [1912 but actually 1925].
8vo. 4 photographic plates from stills. Original gilt-lettered burgundy cloth; original dust jacket (edges chipped with few tiny losses, old tape repairs verso). Provenance: Richard G. Shanklin? (ownership signature on front pastedown). FIRST PHOTOPLAY EDITION based on the 1925 First National Picture’s silent film starring Wallace Beery and directed by Harry O. Hoyt, with pioneering stop-motion animation effects by Willis O’Brien. Miller, Photoplay Editions p. 88.
[With:] The Lost World. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1936]. 8vo. Original red cloth; original dust jacket. English Photoplay edition, in the rare dust jacket featuring the iconic shot of actors Wallace Beery and Bessie Love. This is the second variant of the jacket, lacking only the words “First National Picture” underneath front panel photograph.