Accession number
PML 147397
Creator
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
Published
London : William Heinemann, 1898.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
First ed.
"This story was first printed serially in Pearson's magazine (April-Dec. 1897)"--G.H. Wells.
Publisher's advertisements (15, [1] p.) at end of text.
"Billing and Sons, Printers, Guildford"--Colophon.
Wells's sketch of a martian adorning the front flyleaf of this copy reproduced in: West, Geoffrey. H.G. Wells : a sketch for a portrait. London : Gerald Howe, 1930; later reprinted in: Wells, H.G. A critical edition of The war of the worlds. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1993.
"This story was first printed serially in Pearson's magazine (April-Dec. 1897)"--G.H. Wells.
Publisher's advertisements (15, [1] p.) at end of text.
"Billing and Sons, Printers, Guildford"--Colophon.
Wells's sketch of a martian adorning the front flyleaf of this copy reproduced in: West, Geoffrey. H.G. Wells : a sketch for a portrait. London : Gerald Howe, 1930; later reprinted in: Wells, H.G. A critical edition of The war of the worlds. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1993.
Description
viii, 303, 15, [1] p. ; 20 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's presentation inscription to Ralph Straus on 2nd front flyleaf, with a sketch of a martian by Wells drawn in ink above it.
Provenance
Bookplate of Ralph Straus; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's gray cloth lettered in black.
Classification
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