[Rarebooks] FS: John Quinn Copy of H. G. Wells in Magnificent Condition, price greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $350,      Now $250

WELLS, H. G. THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 
1915. First Edition. Green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. First issue 
of ads. Superb copy with both the cloth and gilt very bright and with a 
distinguished provenance bearing on the front pastedown the bookplate of 
John Quinn (1870-1924), arguably the most noted art collector in America 
in the early part of the twentieth century and early patron and promoter 
of a number of the most important writers of the century including 
Eliot, Joyce, and Yeats. This was lot 10777 in the Quinn sale of 1924. 
Absolutely Fine, crisp copy with a superb provenance. (#011652)        
$250.00

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