Nov 10, 2016 - Sale 2430

Sale 2430 - Lot 292

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
WELLS, H.G. The War of the Worlds. 8vo, original grey cloth lettered in black, very narrow edge toning, spine darkened, mild wear to spine tips; Eugene Plunkett and bookseller's label (and penciled numerals) to front pastedown offset to facing flyleaf, closed tear to blank corner of dedication leaf. London: Heinemann, 1898

Additional Details

first edition, variant state with 32 page publisher's advertisement (partly unopened), page [1] headed The Lane That Had No Turning. Currey, p. 526.