Lot 211
Wells, Herbert George. The Autocracy of Mr Parham, first edition, inscribed by the author, 'T. E. Page, respectfully, H.G.W.', 10 double-page plates by David Low, original cloth, extremities lightly chipped and rubbed, 8vo, London: William Heinemann, 1930
Thomas Ethelbert Page (1850-1936) was a British classicist and a six-form master at Charterhouse until 1910. When the author's wife, Amy Catherine Wells, died in 1927, T. E. Page read an address in her memory at the funeral.