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Lot 338
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
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Live / Chicago
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WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine. London: William Heinemann, 1895.
8o. Half-title; without advertisements at end (see below.) Original tan cloth with winged Sphinx and lettering stamped in purple on upper cover, uncut (spine lightly browned, minor soiling, hinges tightened). Provenance: Ownership inscription.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, later issue, without advertisements at the end. "The earliest known work of science fiction to be based on the idea of time travel" (Wells Society 4). Copies were originally issued simultaneously in cloth or wrappers. Bleiler p. 205; Currey pp. 524-25; Hammond B1.
Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio