H. G. Wells' "The Island Of Dr. Moreau" Sci Fi In Scarce Blue Cloth, 1896.

WELLS, H.G. The Island of Dr. Moreau. New York: Garden City Publishing Co., c. 1896.

Early American edition. Sun Dial Library Edition. Copyright page retains the original 1896 Stone & Kimball copyright notice. Small octavo. Original blue cloth, lettered in black with lime green decorative design to front board and spine. Scare blue cloth edition.

Contents clean and unmarked, with well-preserved decorative Sun Dial Library endpapers and printer’s tint to the top edge. Binding sound and square. Light shelf wear to crown and heel of spine, with minor bumping to corners. No apparent foxing or markings.

First published in 1896, The Island of Doctor Moreau stands among Wells’s most influential scientific romances, exploring contemporary Victorian anxieties surrounding evolution, vivisection, and the limits of scientific experimentation. Together with The Time Machine and The Invisible Man, the novel helped establish the foundations of modern Science Fiction.