WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). Photograph inscribed and signed ("H.G. Wells") by Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C. (imprint on mount), n.d. [circa 1926]. 345 x 176 (9 x 7 in.) image size, 345 x 247 mm. (13 5/8 x 9¾ in.) including mount, mount edges a little worn (one chip). A handsome half-length seated portrait of the science-fiction author, wearing a three-piece suit with hands in pockets, inscribed and signed on the mount: "To my long suffering collaborator Harold Wheeler (?) with much gratitude for endless help H.G. Wells May 1926."