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The War of the Worlds lettered

H.G. Wells

Bibliography

The War of the Worlds lettered

Published by

Suntup Editions

2020

26

List Price

$2,250

Limitation

Market Value

$2,250

November 30, 2024

Artist

Florian Bertmer

Introduction by

Orson Scott Card

Last recorded sale

August 16, 2023

$2,250

Description from Suntup Website


This edition of The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells is limited to two hundred & seventy-six copies, and is presented in two states: Lettered and Numbered. The edition measures 6” x 9” and includes six ink illustrations by Florian Bertmer, as well as an exclusive introduction by Orson Scott Card.

Illustrations and text are printed letterpress on a hand-fed Vandercook Cylinder Press, and the editions are signed by Orson Scott Card and Florian Bertmer.


Bonus Material included:

Includes 112 Page Bonus Booklet with Letterpress Printed Jacket:

The Crystal Egg – Precursor to The War of the Worlds
The Things That Live on Mars by H.G. Wells – Cosmopolitan Article
Orson Welles 1938 Radio Broadcast Script
Reprint of The Boston Daily Globe’s front page headline
Reproductions of 32 famous Henrique Alvim Corrêa drawings
Art from Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds


The lettered edition is a full goatskin binding with raised bands and a leather spine label. The cover is stamped with gold foil, and endsheets are hand-marbled in the U.K. Printed letterpress on Stonehenge cotton paper, the edition is limited to 26 copies lettered A-Z and is housed in a quarter leather clamshell case with cloth boards.


Also check out the only other state of this book: 

Numbered


This book is part of a trilogy released by Suntup Editions

Matching H.G. Wells trilogy


Also see the next H.G. Wells book published by Suntup: 

The Island of Dr. Moreau


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