The War in the Air, and Particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways Fared while it Lasted

by H. G. Wells, Herbert George, A. C. Michaels

£195 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: George Bell and Sons, 1908. Scientific romance FIRST EDITION, second state. Octavo 20 x 14cm , pp.389; 2 publisher's advertisements. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, with colour plate pasted to front board; edges uncut. Illustrated with sixteen black and white plates by Michaels complete . No ink names, a little foxing within, edges spotted/toned. Unusual presentation plate to pastedown; from 'Home & Colonial Stores Ltd.' 1914 .

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