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“He sighed and looked about him. 'This is no world for men,' he said. 'And yet in a way ... it appeals'”
The First Men in the Moon
H.G. Wells, 1901
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The First Men in the Moon
H.G. Wells, 1901
WELLS, H.G (1866-1946). The First Men in the Moon. London: George Newnes, 1901.
Very fine first English edition in book form, first issue, in a beautiful example of the exceedingly rare dust jacket. A classic of science fiction, The First Men in the Moon anticipates the hopes and fears of the space age while also functioning as a satire on over-specialization. Filmed in both 1919 and 1964. Hammond B7; Wells 18.
Octavo. 12 inserted plates. Original cloth stamped in gold (few spots to paper edges, pale foxmark to half-title), tan dust jacket printed in dark red (mild darkening to spine panel and folds, pale narrow stain to upper panel near spine panel fold and top edge, tiny closed edge tear at head of upper spine panel fold); custom morocco-backed box.
H.G. Wells, 1901
WELLS, H.G (1866-1946). The First Men in the Moon. London: George Newnes, 1901.
Very fine first English edition in book form, first issue, in a beautiful example of the exceedingly rare dust jacket. A classic of science fiction, The First Men in the Moon anticipates the hopes and fears of the space age while also functioning as a satire on over-specialization. Filmed in both 1919 and 1964. Hammond B7; Wells 18.
Octavo. 12 inserted plates. Original cloth stamped in gold (few spots to paper edges, pale foxmark to half-title), tan dust jacket printed in dark red (mild darkening to spine panel and folds, pale narrow stain to upper panel near spine panel fold and top edge, tiny closed edge tear at head of upper spine panel fold); custom morocco-backed box.
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