Lot 434

Wells. H.G.






Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
£563
Description
The island of Dr Moreau. London: Heinemann, 1896. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, half-title with adverts on reverse, 31 pages of adverts at rear, original decorative cloth, staining to backstrip, some browning to title and frontispiece; [Idem] The invisible man. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897. First edition, 8vo, adverts to reverse of half-title, 2 pages of adverts at rear, original red cloth gilt, [Wells 11], rubbing at hinges, discolouration to backstrip, stain to upper corner of front board, pencil inscription to endpaper, some browning to page edges (2)





