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H.G. Wells, 1896
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The Island of Doctor Moreau
H.G. Wells, 1896
WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Island of Doctor Moreau. London: Heinemann, 1896.
First edition of a classic of science fiction, described by the author as an “exercise in youthful blasphemy.” Contemporary reviewers expressed a marked distaste for Dr. Moreau, a perverted scientist who used his surgical skill to turn animals into semi-human beings. An anonymous reviewer wrote in The Times of June 17, 1896: "We feel bound to expostulate against a departure which may lead we know not whither, and to give a word of warning to the unsuspecting who would shrink from the loathsome and repulsive ... The book should be kept out of the way of young people and avoided by all who have taste, good feeling, or feeble nerves." Wells 7.
Octavo. Half-title and ad leaf at front unopened, 33pp. of ads at end, some unopened. Frontispiece illustration. Original pictorial ochre cloth (a little dustsoiled); custom box. Provenance: J & M Hepworth (bookplate).
H.G. Wells, 1896
WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Island of Doctor Moreau. London: Heinemann, 1896.
First edition of a classic of science fiction, described by the author as an “exercise in youthful blasphemy.” Contemporary reviewers expressed a marked distaste for Dr. Moreau, a perverted scientist who used his surgical skill to turn animals into semi-human beings. An anonymous reviewer wrote in The Times of June 17, 1896: "We feel bound to expostulate against a departure which may lead we know not whither, and to give a word of warning to the unsuspecting who would shrink from the loathsome and repulsive ... The book should be kept out of the way of young people and avoided by all who have taste, good feeling, or feeble nerves." Wells 7.
Octavo. Half-title and ad leaf at front unopened, 33pp. of ads at end, some unopened. Frontispiece illustration. Original pictorial ochre cloth (a little dustsoiled); custom box. Provenance: J & M Hepworth (bookplate).
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