WELLS (H.G.)
Lot 253•
WELLS (H.G.)
The Time Machine. An Invention, William Heinemann, 1895
Sold for £ 875 (US$ 1,221) inc. premium
WELLS (H.G.)
The Time Machine. An Invention, first English edition, later issue without publisher’s catalogue at end, half-title with advertisement on reverse, publisher’s printed boards with sphinx stamped in black, rebacked in green cloth with gilt lettering, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1895
FOOTNOTES
- An unusual variant binding, with printed boards which match the wrappers found on some copies, as opposed to the more commonly found cloth edition.
Provenance: J. George Potts and A. Vaughan Jennings, geologist, contemporary signatures on front paste-down and half-title respectively.
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