Wells (H.G.) The Island of Dr. Moreau
£1,950
London, Heinemann, 1896.
First UK edition, first impression, issue with rear advertisement for The Time Machine on terminal leaf preceding publisher’s list, beginning with The Nigger of the “Narcissus” and ends with Chun-ti-Kung by Claude Rees. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, with publisher’s monogram in black to lower board.
A very good first UK edition of Wells’ “weird science” classic, contemplating the blurred lines between man and beast, civilisation and savagery…
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Some marginal toning to text block; cloth slightly tanned at spine, some minor marking, but overall very good.
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