The Door in the Wall Wells Science Fiction - Folio Society 2016 Limited - Coburn

The Door in the Wall Wells Science Fiction - Folio Society 2016 Limited - Coburn

£234.99
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The Door in the Wall Wells Science Fiction - Folio Society 2016 Limited - Coburn
Folio Society
Science Fiction

The Door in the Wall

H. G. Wells

£234.99
Edition year 2016
Printing year 2016
First edition No
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Alvin Langdon Coburn
Limited edition Yes
Weight 4 Kg
Pages 160
Dimensions 16 × 12.2 in
Condition Good
Condition notes In good overall condition. No. 203, a few small dents to the slipcase.

Edition details

Door in the Wall by H. G. Wells. Facsimile of 1911 edition. Photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Enclosed 40 page leaflet of essays by George Hendrick and David Lodge. Printed on mould made paper with deckled edges. 10 tipped in photo plates. Quarter bound in cloth with paper sides blocked in gold. Title label on spine. Brown cloth solander box blocked in gold and inset with photo on front. 160pp. 16x12.2in. 980 copies. (£250)

About the book

H. G. Wells's The Door in the Wall is a haunting short story about Lionel Wallace, a successful public figure who remembers discovering a mysterious green door in childhood. Beyond it lay a beautiful garden that seemed to offer happiness and belonging, but throughout his life the door reappears at moments when duty and ambition pull him elsewhere. The story explores memory, regret, imagination and the tension between worldly success and a lost ideal.

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