[Rarebooks] fs: Wells. War of the Worlds, 1st ed, NF

[Back Creek Books, ABAA]

Greetings,

We offer:
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Wells, H[erbert]. G[eorge]. (1866-1946). THE WAR OF THE WORLDS.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898. First American edition, 
Full cloth, Duodecimo, [x], 291 pages, black & white plates. Near Fine.
          Beautiful copy of this landmark science fiction novel. The 
first printing in the United States, illustrated by Warwick Goble. The 
1938 radio adaptation performed by Orson Welles famously created a panic 
when listeners took it for news coverage of an actual Martian invasion. 
Bound in green cloth over boards with spine and upper board titled in 
gilt, upper board additionally ornamented in black and green. Touch of 
browning to spine, faint rubs at extremities. Prior owner bookplate and 
pencilled name on front pastedown, additional name pencilled on front 
free endpaper. Top edge of textblock has a faint dampstain which has 
left a shallow tide mark into the top margin of about a third of the 
pages. No rippling and really hardly noticeable. A lovely copy....... 
$750.00
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