H.G. Wells

Finely bound first edition of H.G. Wells’ science fiction classic.

• H.G. Wells (English).
• London: Heinemann, 1896.
• Includes an illustrated frontispiece and an advertising leaf for The Time Machine, and 32 pages of publisher’s advertisements.
• Custom full leather binding by The Chelsea Binder of full yellow morocco leather with the cover and spine reproducing the original cloth cover and spine labeling, the original cover and spine are bound-in at the rear of the book, with yellow silk headbands and all edges gilt. 

Steven Grant provides a wonderful summary, "One of H.G. Wells’ most visionary tales, The Island of Dr. Moreau relates the disturbing tale of Prendick, a shipwrecked naturalist who unwittingly discovers a horrific scientific and social experiment that is creating a blurred race of hideous creatures, half-human and half-beast. Terrifying and spellbinding, Wells’ masterpiece warns of the catastrophe that could result when man recklessly tampers with nature. Eric Vincent’s artwork vividly summons up the nightmarish life in Dr. Moreau’s tortured world."