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The invisible man : a grotesque romance / by H.G. Wells, author of "The time machine," "The war of the world, " etc.

Accession number
PML 147384
Creator
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
Published
London : C. Arthur Pearson Limited, Henrietta Street, W.C., 1897.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
First ed.
"This story was first printed serially in Pearson's Weekly (June and July, 1897)."-- G.H. Wells (Geoffrey West).
Publisher's advertisements (2 p.) at end.
"The Gresham Press Unwin Brothers Woking and London"--Colophon.
Description
viii, 245, [2] p. ; 19 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signature of "Alf Woodhead" followed by author's presentation inscription on front flyleaf: From H.G. Wells; with a sketch by Wells of a man pointing a gun at a figure "invisible" from the head down, with insciption below: You can change bodies of flesh but you can't change heads of wood".
Provenance
Alf Woodhead; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's red cloth lettered in gold, with an illustration in black on front.
Classification
Department