A nice edition with 50 original illustrations SeaWolf Press is proud to offer another book in its Arthur Conan Doyle 100th Anniversary Collection . Each book in the collection contains the text, illustrations, and cover from the first or early edition. Use Amazon's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences. Our version has: 50 original illustrations from the first version in Strand Magazine . - Text that has been proofread to avoid errors common in other versions. - Properly formatted text complete with correct indenting, spacing, footnotes, italics, and tables. Look for other Arthur Conan Doyle books in our 100th Anniversary Collection . The Lost World is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1912, concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals still survive. It was originally published serially in the Strand Magazine and illustrated by New-Zealand-born artist Harry Rountree during the months of April–November 1912. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between indigenous people and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures.