.jpg?w=1)
Details
ALVIN LANGDON COBURN AND H.G. WELLS (author)
The Door in the Wall. New York and London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1911. 4° (370 x 285mm). 10 photogravures tipped-in. (Offsetting on first mount and pages facing photogravures, as often.) Original cloth-backed purple boards, printed paper label on spine, front cover gilt-lettered (corners rubbed, chips on label but not affecting lettering, lightly scuffed).
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 300 COPIES WITH 10 HAND-PULLED PHOTOGRAVURES PRINTED UNDER COBURN'S SUPERVISION, from plates prepared by Coburn himself. The remainder of the edition, 300 copies, included only one photogravure, with the other images reproduced by a halftone process.
The Door in the Wall. New York and London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1911. 4° (370 x 285mm). 10 photogravures tipped-in. (Offsetting on first mount and pages facing photogravures, as often.) Original cloth-backed purple boards, printed paper label on spine, front cover gilt-lettered (corners rubbed, chips on label but not affecting lettering, lightly scuffed).
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 300 COPIES WITH 10 HAND-PULLED PHOTOGRAVURES PRINTED UNDER COBURN'S SUPERVISION, from plates prepared by Coburn himself. The remainder of the edition, 300 copies, included only one photogravure, with the other images reproduced by a halftone process.
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.