DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan.

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The Lost World. First edition, trade issue, of this novel that provided the blueprint for many works reviving prehistoric monsters, from King Kong to Jurassic Park. Doyle's "sense of the glory and nonsense of scientific advance found happy resolution in The Lost World..., where academic vendetta at its most ludicrous continually punctuates a thrilling quest to establish the survival of dinosaurs" (ODNB).The story was serialized in Strand Magazine between April and November 1912 and published in book form on 15 October 1912.

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