It was an immediate success? (Gunn, From Gilgamesh to Wells, 337). A superior copy with other first printing, first issue copies selling for over $8200! In 1894 Wells ?began writing what he called ?single sitting stories? using his special knowledge of science, culminating in the publication of his novella The Time Machine in 1895. Far nicer than usually found and one of the nicest copies we have offered. A handsome copy in exceptionally crisp and clean condition. The internal pages are clean, crisp, bright and flat, with no foxing, no handling marks, no writing, no bent pages and no stains.

The book is in stunning near fine condition with sharp corners, and no edgewear but some fading/rubbing to the spine cloth. Oatmeal cloth binding measures 18.2 cm vertically, top edge untrimmed, fore edge rough cut, spine set in 12-point type. 6000 copies were printed, of which 1500 were bound in cloth. This copy has Currey?s earliest 16 page catalogue to the rear with Hall Caine?s ?The Manxman? and Kipling?s ?The Naulahka?.

FIRST British edition, FIRST printing, FIRST ISSUE cloth binding, with 152 pages and the 16 page publisher?s catalogue with first page headed ?THE MANXMAN? inserted at rear. Wells? first, groundbreaking ?scientific romance,? Bound in the publisher?s oatmeal cloth and titled in purple to both covers with deck (untrimmed) edges to the pages. A first edition, first printing, first issue, with 152 pages and the 16 page publisher?s catalogue with first page headed ?THE MANXMAN? inserted at rear. First UK Edition, First Printing, First Issue: A handsome copy of this title.

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