THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU: A POSSIBILITY
-First American Edition Rebound in Leather by Asprey-
1896
First American Edition
Stone and Kimball [New York]
8vo (249 pages)
Leatherbound [Black leather]
Item Number: 214715
$3,000.00
Description
A ravishing leather binding by Asprey in full black oasis, lushly ornamented with elaborate gilt tooling, the spine gilt tooled and lettered in six compartments with raised bands, all edges gilded and the original cloth boards bound in at the rear. Preserved here in an Asprey purple velvet gift bag within an Asprey gift box. In mint conditon and simpy smashing.
The First American edition of Wells’ infamous dark tale.