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H. G. Wells. The First Men in the Moon. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901.8vo. Illustrated frontispiece and black and white plates throughout by Claude Shepperson. Publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered across spine and front cover in gilt, with gilt central decorative cartouche; black endpapers.
FIRST EDITION, first printed serially in The Strand Magazine (Dec. 1900 - Aug. 1901). "The story anticipates the hopes and fears of the space age, and is also a thinly-veiled satire on over-specialization" (Wells Society).
Condition: Edgewear to spine ends and corners; blue mark to lower front joint; text-block shifted; foxing to preliminaries; stamped ex-libris to half-title.
References: Hammond B7; Wells, 18.
Provenance: Kevin Ransom (bookseller); Lilly Haller (stamp).
[With]:
The First Men in the Moon. Indianapolis, IN: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1901.
8vo. Illustrated frontispiece. Publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered across the spine and front cover in gilt, with gilt central cartouche of a moon.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
Condition: Spine rubbed and a bit worn; hinges and backstrip starting; edgewear to boards and spine ends; dampstain to the frontispiece illustration.
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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