Description:
Wells, Herbert George (1866-1946) The Door in the Wall, Illustrated by Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966) York & London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1911 [Typeset by Bertha Goudy (1869-1935) in New York and printed by Norman T.A. Munder & Co. in Baltimore]. One of 600 copies printed on French handmade paper, illustrated by Coburn with ten tipped-in photogravures after his photographs, in publisher's half cloth and paper boards, stamped in gold on the front board, paper label on spine, binding worn, illustrations with offsetting to facing pages, 14 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.
Estimate $500-700
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Keywords
Munder & Co., Alvin Langdon Coburn, Herbert George, Bertha Goudy, York, LondonJohn Dorfman
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