Oatmeal cloth binding measures 18.2 cm vertically, top edge untrimmed, fore edge rough cut, spine set in 12-point type. 6000 copies were printed, of which 1500 were bound in cloth. This copy has Currey?s earliest 16 page catalogue to the rear with Hall Caine?s ?The Manxman? and Kipling?s ?The Naulahka?. FIRST British edition, FIRST printing, FIRST ISSUE cloth binding, with 152 pages and the 16 page publisher?s catalogue with first page headed ?THE MANXMAN? inserted at rear. Wells? first, groundbreaking ?scientific romance,? Bound in the publisher?s oatmeal cloth and titled in purple to both covers with deck (untrimmed) edges to the pages. A first edition, first printing, first issue, with 152 pages and the 16 page publisher?s catalogue with first page headed ?THE MANXMAN? inserted at rear.
First UK Edition, First Printing, First Issue: A handsome copy of this title.
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