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WELLS, H. G. The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heineman, 1895. 8°, 16-pages of publisher's advertisements at end (very slight marginal thumb-soiling), original tan cloth, stamped in purple on front cover (corners bumped, small split to hinge), partly untrimmed . FIRST EDITION. Wells Society 4: "The earliest known work of science fiction to be based on the idea of time travel".
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