THE TIME MACHINE: AN INVENTION

by Wells

$8,500 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1895. Small octavo, pp. i-iv v vi vii viii 1 2-216 217-218: blank 219-224: ads , inserted frontispiece with tissue guard with illustration by W. B. Russell, original decorated tan buckram, front and spine panels stamped in purple, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition, first printing with author's name incorrectly printed as H. S. WELLS on recto of title

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