Atlantis Antediluvian World, First Edition (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Duodecimo; x, 490 page, green cloth, gilt image of Poseidon in his chariot on top cover; several bookworm trails about an inch above the heel of the spine, only slightly affecting text or illustrations near the gutter inside. Donnelly was a writer and a U.S. Congressman. Here he presents arguments and artifacts as evidence for the existence of the sunken island of Atlantis. Extensively illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Modern Revised Edition. Copyright 1949 by Harper & Brothers and published by arrangement. Sea blue textured boards, black stamped spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages very good, clean; light fox to exterior text block. Features an eight-page photo plates section of ancient monolithic structures, maps, and other unexplained indicators from around the world. Original dust wrapper, light shelf wear; protected in new clear sleeve. Wrapper appears to depicts the dark blue depths of the sea w/outline of land in b.g. Includes two forewords: An Appreciation of Donnelly by H. S. Bellamy; and Ignatius Donnelly by Lewis Spence. Donnelly's "Atlantis" was originally published in 1882. Success was immediate and world-wide and it stands as the cornerstone that all modern study of the "lost continent" depends. The literature concerning Atlantis comprising some five thousand works in twenty different languages has, for the last sixty years, followed the trail Donnelly blazed. This definitive edition of Donnelly's classic has been edited by Egerton Sykes, an outstanding Atlantean scholar. It takes into account new facts which have come to light and verifies many of the author's numerous references. At back, a twenty-three page section of reference notes arranged for each chapter. Also includes an alphabetically arranged index of referenced names. 355 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Good Used Condition. Illustrated (illustrator). Seventh Edition. (BOOKS IS SOLID AND GOOD.ONE INCH OF TOP OF SPINE COVER IS MISSING. GILT CHARIOTEER ON FRONT COVER).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of Ignatius L. Donnelly's pseudoarchaeological work, in which the author suggests all ancient civilisations were descendants of Atlantis. The first edition of this work.The work of Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly. The theories Donnelly presented were supported by publications from Helena Blavatsky, Theosophical Society, and by Rudolf Steiner.Donnelly considered Plato's account of Atlantis to be a factual one, and in this work suggests that all known ancient civilizations were descended from Atlantis through a process of hyperdiffusionism.Illustrated with a frontispiece, many vignettes, and fourteen plates, with further full page illustrations. Collated, complete.With the former owner's inscription of G. E. Hoffmann to the front free endpaper head.Many of Donnelly's theories are the source of modern-day concepts about Atlantis. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Small marks to back strip tail, and to rear board. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Inscription to head of front free endpaper. Internally, binding lightly strained in places, with two central gatherings working loose. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, but otherwise generally clean and bright. Pencil notations to tail of final text leaf. Very Good. book.