Pierre Benoit — The Queen of Atlantis

London, Hutchinson & Co, [1920]. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this novel on a forgotten desert kingdom, written by Pierre Benoit. The scarce first UK edition. Translated by Arthur Chambers. In the publisher's original cloth. This fantasy work was written by French novelist and screenwriter Pierre Benoit, best known for this novel, whose original title is 'Atlantida', which won the Grand Prize of the French Academy. This work tells the story two French officers who find themselves kidnapped and taken to a forgotten desert Kingdom, Atlantis, and the cruel queen who rules there. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine, slight bumping to the extremities and offsetting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with very lightly age toned and generally clean pages with the odd spot. Spotting to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .