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Lot 333
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
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Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Island of Doctor Moreau. London: William Heinemann, 1896.
8vo. Half-title, frontispiece, 1p. advertisement for The Time Machine and 32pp. publisher’s advertisements at end. Original publisher’s tan pictorial cloth, blind-stamped publisher’s monogram to lower cover, uncut (soiling, tiny split at head of spine). Provenance: C. Patterson (stamp on flyleaf).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 32pp. publisher's catalogue inserted at end headed "THE MANXMAN" on p.[1], and "OUT OF DUE SEASON" on p.[32]. Wells' classic work of early science fiction exploring themes of human identity, moral responsibility, and pain and cruelty. Bleiler 2327; Currey, 520 [Binding A, with publisher's blind-stamped monogram on lower cover]; Wells 7.