Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397

Sale 2397 - Lot 353

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
WELLS, H.G. The Island of Doctor Moreau. Frontispiece by 'C.R.A.' [Charles Robert Ashbee], half-title with adverts on verso. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth, scattered soiling; few pages roughly opened and professionally repaired, Presentation Copy blindstamp to corners of title and initial text leaf; cloth slipcase with morocco lettering piece. London: William Heinemann, 1896
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first edition, first issue. Conforms to Currey's priority (A) binding with publisher's blindstamped monogram on rear cover. 34 pages of advertisements (partially unopened) at end. Currey, p. 520.