The Lost Continent of Mu: The Motherland of Man.

by CHURCHWARD, James.

$3,750 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

New York: William Edwin Rudge,, 1926. Discovering the lost civilisation First edition, rare in the jacket, of the author's first work expounding his theories for the existence of a lost continent in the Pacific Ocean. Churchward believed that Mu was the site of the Garden of Eden, which flourished 50,000 years before the present day. Churchward's ideas appeared in multiple science fiction works, including in short stories by H. P. Lovecraft, and in Philip K. Dick's Confessions of a Crap Artist. Octavo. Photographic frontispiece, illustrations in the text. Original black quarter cloth, blue boards, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt. With dust jacket. Small bumps to head of spine and top corners, contents a little toned; jacket spine and rear panel toned, chip to head of spine, a few spots of rubbing, flaps unpriced as issued: a very good copy in like jacket.

• Year: 1926
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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