WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Invisible Man. London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$600 -
$800
Sold for $938
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Invisible Man. London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897.
8vo. Half-title; title printed in red and black; integral advertisement leaf at end. (A few stains to a few leaves.) Publisher's red cloth gilt, modern morocco rebacking and recorning (endpapers renewed).
FIRST EDITION, first printed serially in Pearson's Weekly in June and July 1897. The story, as given in this London edition, ends with the death of Griffin in Chapter XXVIII, but the first American edition included a short epilogue in which Thomas Marvell, who has kept the papers of the dead Griffin, is pictured as the proprietor of an inn called "The Invisible Man." Currey p.520.
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