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Auction: 323 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1440

Wells, Herbert George (1866-1946). English writer best remembered for his science fiction works including "The Time Machine", "The Island of Dr. Moreau", "The Invisible Man" and "War of the Worlds". ALS, 2 pages, 8vo. 47 Chiltern Court, Clarence Gate N. W. 1. July 15, 1935. To Hamilton Holt. "You do me much honor. I would like to visit you in Florida some time, but I don't see myself with an honorary university degree. I've never had anything of the sort suggested before. I've backed out from the O. M. Oxford, Cambridge, London, the Royal Society know me not. I think I had better remain plain and unadorned. I shall be delighted to meet Dr. Newman when she comes. I know one of the people at Exeter who would be glad to meet her. All my best wishes to you and Rollins College. Yours, H. G. Wells." Ink stain in the left margin of the first page, otherwise very fine.
From the collection of Diana Herzog.
Plate Page 40%

Estimate
$450 to $700