18th Nov, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST
Wells (H.G.)
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories, Grant Richards, [January, 1915], numbered limited edition of sixty copies for the UK, large quarto, signed by both the author and the illustrator, Alvin Langdon Coburg. Ten mounted photogravures from plates prepared by the artist, original cloth-backed boards
Sold for £3,300
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
. Foxing to closed edges. Contents fine, some significant offsetting from plates. Some light spotting and dust marking to boards. Foxing to cloth spine, Spine label worn at the edges
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Auction: Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs - Online auction, 18th Nov, 2020
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs - Online auction
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