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H.G. Wells, 1897
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The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells, 1897
WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance. London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1897.
First edition in book form of a landmark of science fiction. First printed serially in Pearson's Weekly in June and July 1897, it concerns the activities of a scientist named Griffin who has discovered how to make himself invisible—a power which he uses for nefarious purposes. The story, as given in this London edition, ends with the death of Griffin in Chapter XXVIII, but the first American edition included a short epilogue in which Thomas Marvell, who has kept the papers of the dead Griffin, is pictured as the proprietor of an inn called "The Invisible Man." Currey 520; Wells 11.
Octavo. (Repair to front hinge, barely discernible small repair at margin of endpaper.) Original cloth; custom box.
H.G. Wells, 1897
WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance. London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1897.
First edition in book form of a landmark of science fiction. First printed serially in Pearson's Weekly in June and July 1897, it concerns the activities of a scientist named Griffin who has discovered how to make himself invisible—a power which he uses for nefarious purposes. The story, as given in this London edition, ends with the death of Griffin in Chapter XXVIII, but the first American edition included a short epilogue in which Thomas Marvell, who has kept the papers of the dead Griffin, is pictured as the proprietor of an inn called "The Invisible Man." Currey 520; Wells 11.
Octavo. (Repair to front hinge, barely discernible small repair at margin of endpaper.) Original cloth; custom box.
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