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WELLS, H.G. The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE.
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$1,512
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Lot Description
WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897.


8vo. Title page printed in orange and black (very light toning to endpapers). Original red cloth (spine sunned, light rubbing and soiling); decorative morocco case with morocco onlay depicting the Invisible Man. Provenance: S.P. Bell (ownership inscription), Wolffe Nadoolman (gilt stamp on decorative morocco case). 

FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with first page numbered “2” and title page printed in orange and black. Publisher’s ad leaf at rear. The Invisible Man was serialized in Pearson’s Weekly in 1897 and has been the basis for numerous film, television, and radio adaptations. Currey 520; Hammond B4; Wells 11.

Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio
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