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Lost Horizon
by James Hilton
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1933. Very Good. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1933. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo. 277 pp. Blind-stamped black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Lacks dust jacket.
Boards edgeworn with brief exposure to corners and slight chipping and loss to spine ends. Spine faded and gilt lettering heavily rubbed; touch of surface scratching. Slight lean to boards; signs of repair to front hinge and title page gutter, but overall binding holding soundly. Pages clean and unmarked.
Best remembered for the origin of the fictional utopia Shangri-La, Hilton's novel was also the basis for the 1937 Frank Capra film of the same name.
Boards edgeworn with brief exposure to corners and slight chipping and loss to spine ends. Spine faded and gilt lettering heavily rubbed; touch of surface scratching. Slight lean to boards; signs of repair to front hinge and title page gutter, but overall binding holding soundly. Pages clean and unmarked.
Best remembered for the origin of the fictional utopia Shangri-La, Hilton's novel was also the basis for the 1937 Frank Capra film of the same name.
Synopsis
Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11220
- Title
- Lost Horizon
- Author
- James Hilton
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Title Page
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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