H Rider Haggard - She, A History of Adventure, Photoplay Edition, 1926

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H Rider Haggard - She, A History of Adventure, Photoplay Edition, 1926

Illustrated with scenes from the Photoplay.  A Lee-Bradford production starring Betty Blythe. 

She established many conventions of the "lost world" subgenre, influencing countless adventure and fantasy stories, from the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs to the Indiana Jones film series.   The novel has never been out of print and has sold over 83 million copies in 44 languages as of 1965. It has been adapted into films, comics, and other media numerous times and cited as an influence by figures like Sigmund Freud, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Hardcover in fine condition.  Faded to spine with bumped ends.   Bumped corners.  Tape marks to endpapers.  Front flap blurb affixed to rear endpaper.  Tanning to leaves.  Text firm and clean.

Weight   425g.    Pages  302.