Apr 11, 2024 - Sale 2665

Sale 2665 - Lot 181

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
Wells, H.G. (1866-1946)
The War of the Worlds.

London: William Heinemann, 1898.

First edition in book form, octavo, occurring without publisher's ads at end; bound in contemporary red quarter morocco and marbled boards by Cedric Chivers, gilt stamped title on spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt; scattered foxing mostly at ends and edges; boards stained and a bit scuffed, extremities rubbed with some chipping, discoloration to spine; ex libris A.J. Clay of Holly Bush; all three Wells titles bound uniformly; 7 1/4 x 5 in.

Wells 14; Currey p.526..