Lot 236

Wells, H.G. (1866-1946). When the Sleeper Wakes . London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899.

Lot 236

Wells, H.G. (1866-1946). When the Sleeper Wakes. London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899.

Status:

Open

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Estimate$1,000 - $2,000

Status

Open

Wells, H.G. (1866-1946). When the Sleeper Wakes. London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899.

8vo. Half-title, frontispiece, and 2 plates. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine (spine lightly sunned). Provenance: H.G. Wells (inscription to:); Vyvyan Holland (1886-1967); Sotheby's (sold, 20 April 1953, lot 52); Heritage (sold, 10 April 2013, lot 36299).

PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, INSCRIBED AND ADDITIONALLY INITIALED BY WELLS TO VYVYAN HOLLAND, with a sketch of Holland lying in bed and Wells urging him to rise, and a verse in parody of Longfellow: "Life is real & Life is earnest, Collecting paperweights is not its goal, Bric a brac thou art & to Bric a brac returnest, Was not spoken to the soul." The author and translator Vyvyan Holland was the second son of Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd, who changed her surname and those of her sons following Wilde's conviction. First published in The Graphic, this dystopian novel is an important early precursor of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Hammond B6; Wells 15.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia . London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Lot 263

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Estimate$10,000 - $15,000

Current Bid$5,000

Status

Open

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four . London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Lot 162

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Estimate$8,000 - $12,000

Current Bid$4,000

Status

Open

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus . [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Lot 196

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Estimate$4,000 - $6,000

Current Bid$3,250

Status

Open

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula . Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

Lot 201

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

Estimate$6,000 - $8,000

Current Bid$3,000

Status

Open

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf . Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Lot 78

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Estimate$6,000 - $8,000

Current Bid$3,000

Status

Open

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money . London: Macmillan, 1936.

Lot 62

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

Estimate$5,000 - $7,000

Current Bid$2,500

Status

Open

Wells, H.G. (1866-1946). When the Sleeper Wakes. London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899.

This lot is located in Chicago.

The Library of Stephen J. Farber

Wells, H.G. (1866-1946). When the Sleeper Wakes. London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899.

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Wells, H.G. (1866-1946). When the Sleeper Wakes. London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899.

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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

The Library of Stephen J. Farber

Wells, H.G. (1866-1946). When the Sleeper Wakes. London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899.

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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

Wells, H.G. (1866-1946). When the Sleeper Wakes. London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899.

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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.