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WELLS, H.G.

The Favorite Short Stories of H.G. Wells.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc , 1937.

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The Favorite Short Stories of H.G. Wells; finely bound in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with Zaehnsdorf
Finely bound example of this collection of the author's most popular stories, including The Time Machine and The Country of the Blind. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and read panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. A superior example.
Prolific in many genres, English author H. G. Wells wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography and autobiography. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and, with Jules Verne, is widely regarded as the "father of science fiction." His most notable works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).
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