Harper and Row

Edition adorned with numerous illustrations (nearly a hundred) in black in-text and full-page by the brothers Louis and Frederick Rhead.
The work is also illustrated with a color frontispiece.
Publisher's binding in full black cloth, smooth spine, gilt publisher's imprint at foot of spine, front cover decorated with a large color vignette depicting Robinson hunting with rifle in hand, endpapers and pastedowns of cream paper.
Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition of the English translation established by John Dos Passos and printed in 300 copies on Utopian laid paper.
Bookplate pasted to verso of front cover, spine sunned with a tear at foot with minimal lacks, a stain in margin of front cover, small adhesive paper marks at head and foot of last endpaper and inner flap.
Work illustrated with original illustrations by John Dos Passos.
Autograph signatures of B. Cendrars and J. Dos Passos on the justification page.

First edition.
Publisher's Bradel binding in black half cloth with corners, smooth unlettered spine, vellum-style paper boards, a very pale dampstain to front cover, some traces of rubbing.
Author's portrait as frontispiece.
Handsome interior condition.

Harper & Bros. New York, 1884.
First American edition. Wonderfully illustrated with 26 full page engravings by Gustave Doré.
Grey cloth publisher's binding, spine and front cover elaborately gilt.
"The poet's melancholy luxury sparked Doré's saddened imagination, and he poignantly rendered the inexpressible sadness of this dark idyll..." (Blanche Roosevelt, La Vie et les oeuvres de Gustave Doré)
Well preserved copy without any foxing throughout.
Rare copy of this masterpiece from the twilight years of the nineteenth century's most celebrated book illustrator.

Herbert George WELLS
The War of the Worlds
Harper and brothers | New York and London 1898 | 12.5 x 18.7 cm | publisher's binding
First American edition and first illustrated edition, it was published at the same time as the English original. A frontispiece and 15 plate illustrations by Warwick Gobble.
Publisher’s full grey-green cloth. Gilt title and author. Large decoration on the upper board with the title and author in a frame. All of the glazed calico rubbed. One plate coming off. Foxing on the endpapers.
Modern slipcase based on a contemporary model. Spine decorated with a fleuron, date at the bottom. Beige morocco title piece. The slipcase is covered in beautiful paper made up of a scattering of the same gold and white ornament on a pale green background. Very beautiful slipcase perfectly produced and conferring a precious note to this edition.
The first science fiction novel where humanity is confronted with a hostile extra-terrestrial species, and which will lead to well-known adaptations, starting with Orson Welles’ radio show in 1938 and the latest to date, Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film.
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First edition in English, translated by John Dos Passos, printed in 300 copies on Utopian laid paper.
Autograph signatures of B. Cendrars and J. Dos Passos to justification page.
With original illustrations by John Dos Passos.
A very good copy.

Second edition with some parts in first edition.
Publisher's full blue paper boards, smooth spine faded and decorated with blind fillets, frames of floral motifs in blind on boards which show small stains, one tear without loss to second board.
Work illustrated with engravings, copy almost entirely free from foxing.