Lost Horizon
by James Hilton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1840243538
- ISBN 13
- 9781840243536
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Gray boards with silver writing on spine; author's name and book title embossed in silver on front board. Top and bottom of book spine slightly rumpled; other than book title and author's name on front dust jacket, no other dust jacket text. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.
Summersdale First Edition, First Printing as indicated no other listings being listed on copyright page.
Adapted into a movie three times, Hilton's novel is known for its creation of Shangri-La, a utopian paradise. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HILTON003
- Title
- Lost Horizon
- Author
- James Hilton
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1840243538
- ISBN 13
- 9781840243536
- Publisher
- Summersdale Publishers
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- March 1, 2003
- Pages
- 219
- Keywords
- james hilton; lost horizon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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