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The Library of a Deceased Irish Collector
Lot 230

WELLS (H.G.)
The Time Machine. An Invention, FIRST EDITION, William Heinemann, 1895

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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WELLS (H.G.)

The Time Machine. An Invention, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, light spotting to endpapers, publisher's oatmeal cloth, purple lettering and illustration on upper cover [Wells 4], 8vo, William Heinemann, 1895

Footnotes

THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL, and "the earliest known work of science fiction to be based on the idea of time travel" (Wells Society). This is the first issue binding with the lettering and decoration in purple.

Provenance: F. Cox, 11 October 1895, neat gift inscription on front free endpaper.

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