Door In The Wall - HG Wells - Folio Society - 2016 1st Edition - Limited Edition
Edition
Door In The Wall - HG Wells - Folio Society - 2016 1st Edition - Limited Edition
Condition
Very Good. Some minor markings and shelf wear to solander box.
Details
The door in the wall, by H.G. Wells & Alvin Langdon Coburn. Bound by Real Lachenmaier. Dark brown cloth two-volume clamshell box with a reproduction of a photograph by Coburn inset and titled (as above) in gold. Facsimile of the Grant Richards edition (1915). The two volumes are as follows:
[1] The door in the wall, and other stories, by H.G. Wells, illustrated with photogravures from photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn. [facsimile]. 377 × 287 × 21 mm. Pp. [i–iv], [1–5] 6–153 [154–156]. Reproduced by Grafos.
Printed by Grammlich. Bound in quarter brown cloth with pale brown paper boards blocked in gold. Cream endleaves. The ten illustrations are tipped in. Limited to 1000 copies. Reproduced from one of the 60 copies of this edition, with a few errors corrected.
[2] The door in the wall, commentary, essays by George Hendrick and David Lodge, and the letters of Alvin Langdon Coburn to H.G. Wells. 234 × 155 × 5 mm. Pp. [i–vi], 1–32 [33–34]. Type: Kennerley. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum and bound in brown paper wrappers blocked in gold. A pocket for it is pasted in the
box’s lining.