Lost Horizon
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Lost Horizon

James Hilton, 1933

已结束2021年9月17日

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Lost Horizon
James Hilton, 1933
HILTON, James (1900-1954). Lost Horizon. London: Macmillan, 1933.

First edition of Hilton’s famous fantasy novel which introduced the utopian “Shangri-la”, with a signed visiting card laid in. “In this romantic adventure story three men and a woman find themselves transported to a utopian paradise in the Himalayas where peace reigns and time stands still” (ODNB). Bleiler (1978), p. 100; Cawthorn and Moorcock Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 45.

Octavo. (Some foxing.) Original green cloth; pictorial dust jacket (a bit of soiling to top edge of jacket, a few small nicks and wrinkles); custom box. Provenance: Basil Menhinick (card signed by Hilton laid in).