Lot 145
Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, second state, 1898.
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, second state with 32pp. publisher's advertisements (carelessly opened), light spotting, heavier to first few pages, endpapers lightly toned, contemporary ink ownership name on half-title, original cloth, spine browned, extremities toned and lightly rubbed, preserved in custom-made drop-back box, [Currey p.526], 8vo, 1898.
Description
Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, second state with 32pp. publisher's advertisements (carelessly opened), light spotting, heavier to first few pages, endpapers lightly toned, contemporary ink ownership name on half-title, original cloth, spine browned, extremities toned and lightly rubbed, preserved in custom-made drop-back box, [Currey p.526], 8vo, 1898.
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter