LOT 3037
22nd March 2023
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LOT 3037
WELLS, H.G. The Time Machine. An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895. First edition, 8vo (176 x 113mm.) Half-title with 1p. advertisement for 'The Pioneer Series' verso, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements to rear. (Toning, spotting to last few leaves of advertisements and both endpapers, C8 and F8 with marginal tears, no loss.) Original publisher's oatmeal buckram with author's monogram to lower cover and the sphinx to the upper cover (faint mark to upper cover). Note: the advertisements begin with 'Donovan Pasha' by Gilbert Parker and end with Gabriele D'Annunzio's 'The Virgin of the Rocks', indicating slightly later-issue advertisements. 'The Time Machine' was Wells' first work of fiction and the also the first work of science fiction to involve time travel.
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