WELLS, H. G. Two signed volumes with presentation inscriptio...

WELLS, H. G. Two signed volumes with presentation inscriptions to Mathilde Meyer, the Wells family governess, comprising: Marriage, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912, inscribed ''Mathilde Meyer / from H. G. Wells / Sep 1912'' to ffep, toning to endpapers, occasional spots, some splitting to hinges, remnants of a mounted clipping on front pastedown, orig. gilt-lettered embossed green cloth, rubbed and bumped, t.e.g., 8vo; The Soul of a Bishop, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917, 2nd impression, inscribed ''To M'lle Mathilde Meyer / from H. G. Wells'' to half-title, col. frontis., trimmed front panel of dust jacket pasted onto front pastedown, occasional spots, some splitting to hinges, orig. gilt-lettered red cloth, rubbed and bumped, 8vo. [Mathilde Meyer was a Swiss governess, employed by Jane Wells to tutor their two sons between 1908 and 1913, and with whom H. G. Wells maintained a lifelong friendship.] (2)

Estimate:£150

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