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[H. G. Wells]. The War of the Worlds, serialized in The Cosmopolitan Magazine. New York: The...
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[H. G. Wells]. The War of the Worlds, serialized in The Cosmopolitan Magazine. New York: The Cosmopolitan Press, 1897.Nine monthly issues, April 1897 - December 1897.
Illustrated wrappers. Faint, unobtrusive rubber stamp on cover of April, 1897 issue. Minor chipping to head and foot of spines. A nice unbroken run of The Cosmopolitan, containing the entire novel, with illustrations by Warwick Gobel. In a modern, large clamshell box with gilt lettering on the spine. A very nice set in very good condition.
The War of the Worlds first made its appearance in a serialized fashion simultaneously in both the U.S. and in Great Britain, in the monthly magazines The Cosmopolitan and Pearson's, respectively. From the Frank Collection.
Hammond B5. Wells 14.
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2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
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October, 2008
16th-18th
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