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H. G. Wells. Group of 8 works, mostly First American Editions.... (Total: 8 Items)
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H. G. Wells. Group of 8 works, mostly First American Editions.Wells. Tales of Space and Time. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. 8vo. Publisher's maroon cloth stamped in blind. First American edition. Small spot of wear to top edge of the back cover; some staining to spine.
Wells. The Sea Lady. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1902. 8vo. Illustrated frontispiece. Publisher's light green pictorial cloth with black lettering on gold lobster design against an ornate design by RR in sea green and black, spine stamped in black and gilt. First American edition. Some soiling to spine. Dr. Donald O. Clendaniel, Sr. (bookplate).
Wells. In the Days of the Comet. New York: The Century Co., 1906. 8vo. Publisher's dark blue pictorial cloth decorated and lettered in light blue, light blue lettering and design to spine panel. First American edition. Spine ends frayed. Mary E. Bamford (mss ex-libris).
Wells. The War In the Air. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908. 8vo. Illustrated frontispiece and black and white plates throughout. 5-page publisher's catalogue at the back. Publisher's olive green pictorial cloth lettered in black and orange, and featuring an orange and black image of an aircraft over a city. First American edition. Boards faded with some loss at the spine panel; text-block starting. Hunter Carson White (bookplate).
Wells. The World Set Free. A Story of Mankind. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1914). 8vo. 1-page publisher's catalogue at the back, verso blank. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt. First American edition. Spine ends slightly bumped.
Wells. The Shape of Things to Come. The Ultimate Revolution. London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1933. 8vo. 12-page publisher's catalogue at the back. Publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine panel. FIRST EDITION. Small spot of wear to the lower edge of the front board; spine ends slightly bumped; front free endpaper toned. Hammond B6; Wells 119. H. Penfold (mss ex-libris).
Wells. The Wonderful Visit. New York and London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. 8vo. 4-page publisher's catalogue at the end. Publisher's green cloth ornately decorated in white and lettered in gilt, with design repeated on the spine panel. First American edition. Spine ends and corners bumped; textblock starting; inner hinge slightly cracked.
Wells. When the Sleeper Wakes. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1899. 8vo. Illustrated frontispiece and black and white plates throughout. 6-page publisher's catalogue at the back. Publisher's light green pictorial cloth lettered in gilt and featuring a space craft stamped in black set against a blue and white sky, gilt-lettered spine. First American edition. Edgewear to boards; spine faded; evidence of penciled manuscript ex-libris removal to front free endpaper.
Condition: Generally very good, unless noted above, with some minor more edgewear and light soiling.
Provenance: The Victor Gulotta Collection.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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