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The Island of Dr. Moreau AE

H.G. Wells

Bibliography

The Island of Dr. Moreau AE

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

The Island of Dr. Moreau AE

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.


Also check the other states of the book:

Numbered - Lettered


Check out the Suntup publications of H.G. Wells:

The Time Machine - The Invisible Man - The War of the Worlds

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