Near-fine book with pages tightly bound and free of any inscriptions
in like dust wrapper with a tanned spine
Nan Shepherd
Lewis said (not in reference to this title in particular) that "no book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally - and often far more - worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond
Foil blocked cover and spine
The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau Agatha Christie Near-fine book with pages tightlyThe Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau, H. G. Wells. London: The Folio Society, 2019. Introduced by Michael Moorcock, illustrated by Grahame Baker Smith. 240 176 28 mm. Bound by Josef Spinner in dark red buckram; green blue endleaves. Dark red slip case. A new, refreshed binding from the old Folio edition, with plates now facing pp. [iii], 10, 27, 34, 75, 90, 98 and 114. The frontispiece has been swapped for the plate that originally faced