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H. G. Wells. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World. ...
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H. G. Wells. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World. London: William Heinemann, Ltd., (1930).8vo. Illustrated with black and white plates throughout. Publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Original pictorial dust jacket by LOW featuring two aristocratic men seated at a table.
Later edition. INSCRIBED BY WELLS TO REBECCA WEST, on the half-title: "To Rebecca / all good wishes / H. G." An interesting association - their decade-long affair produced a son, Anthony West, later a writer in his own right.
Condition: Edgewear to boards; hinges and backstrip starting; some rubbing to cloth with loss at the extremities. Dust jacket married from another copy, with light soiling and minor marginal toning.
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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