Books by WELLS H.G.

NY: Macmillan 1921, 1921. . Red cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. ... more information

Garden City: Garden City Books. (1961). Revised edition. Volume II only. Near fine; no dustwrapper. . ... more information

London: Watts & Co. 1926 1st ed, 1926. First edition. Red cloth. A clean tight hardcover book in very good condition. ... more information

London: Watts & Co., 1926.. Red cloth, stamped in black. First edition. Fine in faintly edge rubbed dust jacket. ... more information

London: Watts and Co.. 1926. Very Good in Very Good DJ. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

New York: Macmillan Company. 1921. First. Third edition, completely revised and rearranged by the author, and first one-volume edition. Fine in an attractive, very good dustwrapper chipped at the crown, and with several other small nicks and tears. Very scarce in jacket. . ... more information

London: George Newnes, [1919-20].. Quarto. Twenty-four fortnightly parts, bound up in two volumes. Contemporary three quarter gilt pebbled imitation leather, original pictorial wrappers bound in rear. Some offsetting to endsheets, some modest soiling and marks to the bindings, but a very good set. First edition. The first appearance of this compendious attempt at a synthesis of world history. When finally issued in book form in 1920, the footnotes by Gilbert Murray, Ernest Barker and others were largely omi... more information

London: George Newnes, [1919-20].. Twenty-four parts. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Wrappers of first part somewhat used, with chips and tears at corners of upper wrapper, the remainder very good or somewhat better. Enclosed in somewhat pedestrian, but sturdy, cloth slipcase and folding chemise. First edition. The first appearance of this compendious attempt at a synthesis of world history, in twenty-four fortnightly parts. When finally issued in book form in 1920, the footnotes by Gilbert Murray, Ernest Bark... more information

New York and London: The Review of Reviews / Cassell, 1920, 1924. First Edition. The third edition of H.G. Wells’ ambitious history of mankind, the first part of an encyclopedic educational trilogy, followed by The Science of Life (1930) and The Work, Wealth, and Happiness of Mankind (1931). The author’s working copy of this edition, with extensive revisions by him on virtually every page. Included with the archive are a number of dummies and advertising samples, all related to the 4-... more information