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H. G. Wells. La Guerre des Mondes. Traduit de L'Anglais par Henry-D. Davray. Édition Illustrée par Alvin-Corrêa. L. ...
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The Very Scarce and Beautifully Illustrated French Edition of War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells. La Guerre des Mondes. Traduit de
L'Anglais par Henry-D. Davray. Édition Illustrée par Alvin-Corrêa.
L. Jette-Bruxelles, L. Vandamme & Co., 1906. First French
edition and the first illustrated edition, one of 500 copies signed
by the illustrator, this being number 191. Large quarto.
Approximately 12.5 x 10.5 inches. [255], [1, colophon], [1, blank]
pages. With thirty-two lithographed illustrations inserted
throughout (reckoned within pagination). Also with numerous
intertextual illustrations. Captioned tissue guards. Publisher's
original wrappers. Rebacked in full brown calf, original wrappers
now mounted onto boards, new endleaves, spine ruled in blind and
lettered in gilt. Some rubbing and mild wear and creasing to
wrappers on boards, upper corner of front board near spine
repaired. Some toning and intermittent foxing to text. Overall, a
very good copy of this beautiful edition. Now housed in later
custom-built cloth clamshell case. Very rare; only two other copies
have ever appeared at auction. From the John McLaughlin/Book
Sail Collection.
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