WELLS, H. G. The War of the Worlds. London: William Heinemann, 1898. 8°. Half title, 32-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end leading with "The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'" (some very light marginal spotting and staining). Original grey cloth lettered in black, uncut (some staining to lower edge of lower cover, spine a little discoloured). Provenance: Hugh C. Fairfax-Cholmely 1900 (signature on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. Bromley Collection 546; Chappell 9; Currey p.526; Wells 14.