The Annotated Lost World

This is another lavish production of the Conan Doyle classic which I purchased within the last year. Note that the cover is an obvious attempt to cash in on the Jurassic Park franchise; note the font style and the JP-style raptor.
     But this is case where a book should NOT be judged by its cover. Like the Lavas editions, this book contains articles about Doyle, the lost world's background and inspirations, and most notably about the 1925 film version. Stills from that movie are presented here. But the most remarkable thing is that all of the Roundtree illustrations from the original Strand publications are reproduced here to good effect. Well, nearly all. There seem to be a few omissions, including scene with challenger being pursued by the phororhacas in this one, and theone where a giant green serpent grabs one of the natives.

 
 

There are many more included, of course, including the encounter with the flying reptiles, the two of megalosaurus, the stegosaurus, a rather rare one the pterodactyl's escape in London, etc.

   The more seldom seen  Joseph Clement Coll illustrations are here as well, and the pen-and ink detail in these is remarkable.

All an all, it's a recomended purchase.