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H. G. Wells. Les Premiers Hommes dans la Lune. ...
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Description
H. G. Wells. Les Premiers Hommes dans la Lune. Translated by Henry Davray. Paris: Societe du Mercure de France, 1905.8vo. Contemporary quarter imitation vellum and patterned boards, with original publisher's yellow printed wrappers bound in.
Fifth French edition.
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Autographed letter signed ("H. G. Wells"), 3pp, on a bifolium, on Arnold House Sandgate Kent letterhead, March 4, 1900. To Davray, with mention of The First Men in the Moon and When the Sleeper Wakes.
Condition: Book with margins lightly toned; edgewear to boards. Letter with flattened center fold; else, fine.
Provenance: The Victor Gulotta Collection.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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