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About this Item
Flying out of India, a light aircraft is hi-jacked and flown into the high Tibetan Himalayas. The passengers on board anxiously await their fate, among them Conway, a talented British consul. But on landing they are unexpectedly conducted to a remote valley, a legendary paradise of peace and beauty, known as Shangri-La. Have they been kidnapped or rescued? James Hilton (1900?1954) was an English novelist best remembered for several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. He also wrote Hollywood screenplays. Pocket Books, which pioneered the publication of small, soft-cover, inexpensive books, picked Lost Horizon as its first title in 1939. For that reason, this novel is frequently called the book that began the "paperback revolution." It was the basis for the large budget, multi Academy Award nominated 1937 Columbia Pictures film of the same name directed by Frank Capra, starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and H. B. Warner. Mass Market paperback has both covers although about a third of the spine is missing. Covers and spine have creases as this was a often read copy carried in a pocket. Cover & spine taped together for support. Name on fly-leaf and some writing/notes in front of book, but not in text. Interior is tight, clean and otherwise unmarked. 239pp plus ads. Copyright 1933. This Pocket Book edition is the 3rd edition, assured to be complete and unabridged. Thiis copy is from the 13th printing of that edition, December, 1941. Cover has a "1" printed on front at head of spine. No ISBN, LCCN nor MSR. Seller Inventory # 007222
Bibliographic Details
Title: Lost Horizon
Publisher: Pocket Books, Inc., New York, NY U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1941
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Condition: Fair
Signed: Prior Owner Name No Value
Edition: 3rd Edition
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