THE LOST CONTINENT: THE STORY OF ATLANTIS; PEARSON'S MAGAZINE VOLUME VIII JULY-DECEMBER 1899. Six Volumes.

First edition. Complete in six volumes. Original pictorial wraps, housed in an original Pearson's Magazine grey cloth-bound case with titles and decorations to the spine and upper board in gilt, brown and green. Illustrated throughout with photographs, paintings and drawings by various artists, some in colour. Good copies, all volumes with chipping and tears to the spine tips and folds and rubbing and short closed tears to the edges of the wraps. The front panel of October is detached and the front and rear panel of December are detached. The lightly toned contents are clean and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the very good case that is lightly rubbed at the extremities.

The complete first publication of C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne's lightly science fiction-toned Atlantis story, 'The Lost Continent', serialised across six volumes of Pearson's Magazine between July and December 1899, illustrated by Ernest Prater. 'The Lost Continent' was first published in book form in 1900 by Hutchinson. Considered by many, including Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp, to be one of the best of the classic Atlantis stories. Pearsons Magazine was a monthly periodical that specialised in speculative fiction and articles on politics and art. It notably serialised the first appearance of H. G. Wells' 'The War of The Worlds' in 1897.