What Is Coming

by H. G. Wells

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition · Signed

First edition, inscribed on first blank. 295 pp. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth, decoratively blind stamped on cover, in gilt on spine. Light edge wear, minor bumping along spine, gilt faded on spine. Item #372362 Written prior to the United States' entry into World War I, Wells attempts to analyze the ongoing effects of the conflict on both sides, and to surmise what might happen after hostilities ended.

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