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H. G. Wells. Two works in three volumes.Text-Book of Biology. With an Introduction by G. B. Howes. London: W. B. Clive, n.d.
Two volumes. 8vo. 47 folding plates illustrated by Wells tipped in throughout the two volumes (24 to vol. 1; 23 to vol. 2). 32-page publisher's catalogue at the rear of both volumes (vol. 2 catalogue dated "December, 1894"). Publisher's dark green cloth, boards double-ruled in blind, spines lettered and stamped in gilt.
FIRST EDITION OF WELLS' FIRST PUBLISHED WORK, written and with plates drawn during his two-year period (1890-2) as a lecturer at the University Correspondence College, where biology was his chief subject. (Wells, 1968, pp. 1-2)
Condition: Extremities worn, with spine ends and corner's bumped; light fading to edges of endpapers; light intermittent foxing to interior and textblock edges.
References: Hammond E1; Wells 1.
Provenance: S. R. Stack, Enfield, 1895 (mss ex-libri).
[With:]
H. G. Wells and R. A. Gregory. Honours Physiography. London: Joseph Hughes & Co., 1893.
Thin Crown 8vo (19cm). Profusely illustrated in-text. 4-page publisher's catalogue at the rear. Publisher's yellowish-brown cloth, lettering and designs in dark brown with title and briar-leaf pattern on the front board, repeated on the spine panel, and publisher's information on the rear board.
FIRST EDITION.
Condition: Spine faded; light edge-wear to spine ends and corners, with some loss; endpapers toned.
References: Hammond E2; Wells 2.
Provenance: The Victor Gulotta Collection.
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