FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, illustrated frontispiece, tissue guard, slight offsetting to title and frontispiece, publishers decorated tan cloth, title and vignette stamped in black and red, black monograph on rear, minor dust soiling, slight shelf lean, ownership stamp of Richard Morgan to pastedown, rear advertisement for The Time Machine on terminal leaf preceding 16 leaves of advertisements, 8vo, London, William Heinemann, 1896 The Island of Dr Moreau is a seminal work of the science-fiction genre and one of Well’s best known books. Credited with the first depiction of a more advanced race intervening with evolution. The work reflects the ethical, philosophical and scientific concerns and controversies associated with vivisection in the late 1800s. The work has had a huge impact since being first published, influencing literature, music, television and even video games.