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About Lost Chapter Bookstore
We specialize primarily in collectable books from the Victorian era, typically considered to extend from 1837, the year Queen Victoria ascended to the throne, to 1901, the year of her death. This time period offers interesting collecting possibilities: books with decorative Victorian bindings, both leather and cloth; famous and sometimes infamous authors and illustrators; first edition fiction and nonfiction; classics by such authors as Charles Dickens, Mary Shelly, Bram Stoker, to name a few. Read More 
Book Grading System
Every book has it's own web page with scans of the cover, spine, title page and example illustrations or plates. The scans are linked to larger scans so you can get a true feeling for the look. Our pages include a synopsis of the contents and a full disclosure of condition. Read More
About Lost Chapter Bookstore
We specialize primarily in collectable books from the Victorian era, typically considered to extend from 1837, the year Queen Victoria ascended to the throne, to 1901, the year of her death. This time period offers interesting collecting possibilities: books with decorative Victorian bindings, both leather and cloth; famous and sometimes infamous authors and illustrators; first edition fiction and nonfiction; and classics by such authors as Charles Dickens, Mary Shelly, Bram Stoker, to name a few.
The books we carry are collectable as well as informative. Authors, printers, and publishers of this era took great care in providing beautiful books with wonderful Victorian covers and detailed illustrations, both color and black and white. Our categories (on the right) will take you to our in stock on-line listings of these books.
Book Grading System
Every book has it's own web page with scans of the cover, spine, title page and example illustrations or plates. Many of the scans are linked to larger scans so you can get a true feeling for the look of the book. Our pages include a synopsis of the contents and a full disclosure of condition. We have a 100% money back guarantee if any book does not meet or exceed our description. (see our policies page for additional information on our return policy).
We include a rating chart, like the one below, with each description, but do not rely on that alone. Read the dislosure, look at the pictures included and decide for yourself if the condition meets your needs.
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First Editions
We are often asked by collectors if a particular title is a first edition. Only if we have verified it through reliable sources will our books state first edition....
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First Editions
We are often asked by collectors if a particular title is a first edition. Identification of a first edition does not always rely on the date printed in the book. First Edition Points help a collector identify a first edition by describing details such as a book's binding, a specific first printing typo, or a dust jacket error that can only be found on the first publishing.
Note that during the 1830's and 1840's, publishers usually issued from 500 to 1,000 copies of a new title, and the great majority never went into a second edition. For other kinds of reading, however, these numbers are not so striking. Most first edition Dickens' novels regularly had print runs of ten thousand or more, as did Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of England. A book of advice or an almanac might have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in a print year.
Only if we have verified it through reliable sources will our books state first edition. Our books may however sometimes be identified as " First Edition Thus" i.e. a first printing by a particular publisher, but not a true first (first time in print). You may also meet up with the description "First Illustrated Edition" (previously published, but illustrations added in this edition).
Want Lists
We maintain want lists by very important people, such as you. If you would like to be added to our mailing list and informed when we add new books.....
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Want Lists
We maintain want lists by very important people, such as you. If you would like to be added to our mailing list and informed when we add new books, use contact to email us. Include your wants and any other information to help us look for your particular book. Your privacy is important to us and your information will ONLY be used for notification purposes. Our emails are tailored to your specific wants and are made as detailed as you need.
Updates
This is only a small part of our inventory and there are many more to come, so please bookmark us and check back regularly....
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Updates
This is only a small part of our inventory and there are many more to come, so please bookmark us and check back regularly. Visit our what's new page to see what we have recently added and, should you like to be notified by email, please contact us. We will add you to our private list of very important people.
