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WELLS, H.G. The War of the Worlds. London: William Heinemann, 1898.
8o. 16-page publisher's advertisments at end. (Minor foxing at beginning and end.) Original black lettered gray cloth (light darkening to spine). Provenance: J.F. Sullivan, writer (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WELLS TO A FELLOW STRAND AUTHOR: "To J.F. Sullivan [drawing] The original discoverer of the distinguished Merits of this Book. This copy is most gratefully presented by the author [drawing] H.G. Wells."
James Frank Sullivan was also a contributor to The Strand: a writer of supernatural short stories, his work appeared in its pages frequently. He published two collections of his Strand stories in his lifetime The Flame-Flower and other Stories (London, 1896) and Queer Side Stories (London, 1900).
"Wells has been called a 'modern myth-maker' as well as the 'father of modern science fiction'" (Adam H. Frost, introdution to the NY: Dover, 1997 edition). This archetypal story of alien invasion provided a model for countless cruder imitations. Its famous radio adaptation by Orson Welles was realistic enough to cause widespread panic in 1938. Following The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896) and The Invisible Man (1897), The War of the Worlds first appeared serially in Pearson's Magazine (April-December 1897). Wells 14.
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FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WELLS TO A FELLOW STRAND AUTHOR: "To J.F. Sullivan [drawing] The original discoverer of the distinguished Merits of this Book. This copy is most gratefully presented by the author [drawing] H.G. Wells."
James Frank Sullivan was also a contributor to The Strand: a writer of supernatural short stories, his work appeared in its pages frequently. He published two collections of his Strand stories in his lifetime The Flame-Flower and other Stories (London, 1896) and Queer Side Stories (London, 1900).
"Wells has been called a 'modern myth-maker' as well as the 'father of modern science fiction'" (Adam H. Frost, introdution to the NY: Dover, 1997 edition). This archetypal story of alien invasion provided a model for countless cruder imitations. Its famous radio adaptation by Orson Welles was realistic enough to cause widespread panic in 1938. Following The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896) and The Invisible Man (1897), The War of the Worlds first appeared serially in Pearson's Magazine (April-December 1897). Wells 14.