• Publication: The Professor Challenger Stories: The Lost World; The Poison Belt; The Land of Mist; The Disintegration Machine; When the World ScreamedPublication Record # 717265
• Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
• Date: 1958-08-00
• Publisher: John Murray
• Price:
  18/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: vi+577
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: OMNIBUS
• Notes: 3rd printing. (1st printing listed as 1952-08-00; 2nd printing listed as 1953-01-00.) (on copyright page) Author listed as "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" on cover, title page, and copyright page. Cover illustration not attributed.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 1052126801

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 3 • The Lost World • [Professor Challenger • 1] • (1912) • novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 215 • The Poison Belt • [Professor Challenger • 2] • (1913) • novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 301 • The Land of Mist • [Professor Challenger • 3] • (1926) • novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 527 • The Disintegration Machine • [Professor Challenger • 5] • (1929) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 545 • When the World Screamed • [Professor Challenger • 4] • (1928) • novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle