The Island of Dr. Moreau AE
H.G. Wells
Bibliography
Published by
Suntup Editions
2021
1000
List Price
$130
Limitation
Market Value
$115
May 15, 2025
Artist
Benz and Chang
Introduction by
Megan Sheperd & Adam Roberts
Last recorded sale
May 9, 2025
$100
Value Pages
Description from Suntup Website
The limited edition of The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells is presented in three states: Lettered, Numbered and Artist. The editions measure 6” x 9” and feature six full color illustrations by Benz and Chang as well as an exclusive foreword by Megan Shepherd and an afterword by Adam Roberts. The text pages are set in Monotype Bell, with the Numbered and Lettered editions printed letterpress by Norman Clayton in Ojai, California.
Included in all editions is the following bonus content:
Appendix A: Wells Explains: Two Essays Relating to Moreau’s Argument.
H.G. Wells, The Province of Pain (1894)
H.G. Wells, The Limits of Individual Plasticity (1895)Appendix B: ‘The Terrible Medusa Case’: An Historical Source for Prendick’s Shipwreck.
A narrative account of the infamous shipwreck Méduse (1818).
Reproduction of Théodore Géricault’s masterpiece painting The Raft of the Medusa (c.1819).Appendix C: Wells’s First Draft of Moreau.
A study and excerpt from H.G. Wells’s original draft of Moreau.
The Artist edition is limited to 1000 copies with a dust jacket illustrated by Benz and Chang. It is a full cloth, smyth sewn binding with two-hits foil stamping. It is the only edition of the three with the dust jacket, and is signed by the artist. The edition is printed offset and is housed in an embossed paper covered slipcase.
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