The War of the Worlds lettered
H.G. Wells
Bibliography
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.
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