The Book of Catherine Wells.
WELLS, Catherine; H.G. Wells.
The Book of Catherine Wells.
First Edition of The Book of Catherine Wells; From the Library of Christopher Priest
London: Chatto and Windus, 1928.
$40.00
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Item Number: 151144
First edition of this posthumous collection of short stories, poems, and sketches written by Amy Catherine Wells (“Jane”), the wife of H.G. Wells. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, and tipped-in frontispiece. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into the 2006 Academy Award nominee film of the same name by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, and Michael Caine. In very good condition. Introduction by her husband H.G. Wells.
The Book of Catherine Wells (1928) is a posthumous collection of short stories, poems, and sketches by Amy Catherine Wells (“Jane”), published by H. G. Wells as a tribute following her death in 1927. The volume gathers intimate and often wistful works—including stories such as “The Last Fairy,” “The Dragon-Fly,” and “The Emerald,” along with poems like “Spring 1915”—that explore themes of domestic life, personal longing, wartime reflection, and the interior emotional worlds of women. Several pieces incorporate subtle elements of the fantastic or the eerie, revealing a sensitivity to psychological nuance and quiet tension. Accompanied by a moving introductory memoir by H. G. Wells.
