H. G. Wells | First Editions
1866 - 1946
Celebrated novelist and short story writer in the 'fantasy' and 'romance' genres, essayist, social philosopher and historian. Together with Jules Verne, frequently considered the grandfathers of modern science fiction. An apprentice draper, teacher and biologist prior to journalism. Played a vital part in disseminating the progressive ideas which characterized the early twentieth century, becoming one of Britain's foremost popular writers writers, with scientific fantasies such as The Time Machine (1895) The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), The War of the Worlds (1898), When The Sleeper Wakes (1899), The First Men In the Moon (1901, serialized in The Strand) and In The Days of the Comet (1906). He penned numerous strange tales for various periodicals, later gathered in his classic book collections The Stolen Bacillus (1895), Tales of Space and Time (1899), Twelve Stories and a Dream (1903) The Country of the Blind (1911) etc. He also wrote a range of comic social novels which proved highly popular, notably Kipps (1905) and The History of Mr Polly (1910). Many of his works made successful (sometimes classic) early films.See below our stock of H. G. Wells First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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Contribute to The STRAND Magazine. The first 30 volumes. Edited by George Newnes.
London: George Newnes, 1891-1905. [Literary Magazine] FIRST THIRTY VOLUMES OF THE STRAND. Thirty volumes, large octavos (25 x 18 x 129cm). A straight run of 30 volumes, from volume I to XXX. Includes the first publication of several novels and stories such as Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles..... More
![Item #60851 The Labours of Hercules [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 98 and 99, numbers 587 to...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/60851.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1638292264)
The Labours of Hercules [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 98 and 99, numbers 587 to 597.
London: George Newnes, November 1939 to September 1940. [Literary Magazine] First appearance. Eleven magazine issues in their original colour-illustrated paper covers, priced at 1s. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.[7-8] 104 [9-16]; pp.[1-2] [15-16] 105-208 [17-24]; pp.[8] 209-312 [9-16]; pp.[8] 313-416 [9-16]; pp.[12] 417-520 [13-20]; pp.[12] 521-624 [13-20]; pp.[12] 104 [13-20];..... More
![Item #57798 The Flying Death [and] The Adventures of Etienne Gerard [and] The Castaway [and]...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/57798.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1599843606)
The Flying Death [and] The Adventures of Etienne Gerard [and] The Castaway [and] Admiral Peters [and] The Truth About Pyecraft [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 25, numbers 147 and 148.
London: George Newnes, March and April 1903. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Two octavo magazines (27 x 18cm), pp.lxxvi; 241-360; lxxvii-lxxxiv; pp.lxxx; 361-480; lxxxi-lxxviii. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled in dark blue, stapled twice. Presented in black cloth-covered chemise case with gilt titles to spine. First..... More
![Item #57803 The Return of Sherlock Holmes [and] Dixon's Return [and] The Ebony Box [and] Eyes of...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/57803.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1599843608)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes [and] Dixon's Return [and] The Ebony Box [and] Eyes of Terror [and] Gervais of Blois [and] The Iron Maiden [and] The King and I [and] The Land Ironclads [and] Lawyer Quince [and] Liar and an Elephant [and] The Phoenix and the Carpet [and] Point of Law [and] The Country of the Blind [and] Dialstone Lane [and] Echo [and] Golden Bars [and] Sadi the Fiddler [and] Billy the King [and] The Diver's Story [and] The Girl on the Sands [and] An Irish Gentleman [and] The Messenger in Mufti [and] The Mistress of the Chateau [and] The Ring and the Lamp [and] A Splendid Rogue [and] The Temptation of Samuel Burge [and] That Brute Simmons [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 26, 27 and 28, complete.
London: George Newnes, July 1903 to December 1904. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 724; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations, including Paget's famous illustrations for the Holmes stories. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and..... More
![Item #58996 Round the Fire Stories [and] The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings [and] Miss Cayley's...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/58996.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612201522)
Round the Fire Stories [and] The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings [and] Miss Cayley's Adventures [and] Glimpses of Nature [and] Safety Match [and] Smoked Skipper [and] Clochette [and] The Gray Parrot [and] The Madness of Mr. Lister [and] Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation [and] The Stolen Body [and] Underground Passages and Trap-Doors [and] Where the Air Quivered [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 15 and 16, complete.
London: George Newnes, January to December 1898. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Clean internally, with moderate..... More
The Adelphi. Vol. 1, numbers 1 to 10, and vol. 2, numbers 4 and 5.
London: British Periodicals, June 1923 to March 1924, and September to October 1924. [Literary Magazines] FIRST APPEARANCES, the first ten issues, plus two further issues. 12 volumes. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 88; viii; 89-176; iv; 177-268; iv; 269-360; vi; 361-450; vi; 451-556; vi; 557-662; vi; 663-768; vi; 769-858; iv;..... More
The Autocracy of Mr. Parham. His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World.
London: William Heinemann, 1930. [Dystopian fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[12] 370 [2]. With 10 black and white cartoons by Low. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Low, priced at 7/6. Book is fine, jacket with a few small chips..... More
Apropos of Dolores.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1938. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.352. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. Heavy pencil ownership to fly-leaf, and a small label removed. Light toning and spotting to edges, with a brown water stain..... More
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. vol. 4713.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1926. [Science-Fiction Short Stories] COPYRIGHT EDITION. Octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.267 [37]. Publisher's plain paper covers; edges untrimmed. Blue ink ownership to front cover, and some light toning and rubbing to spine. First gathering coming loose. Unusually well-preserved. Near fine. A collection of short stories which take..... More
The Croquet Player. A Story.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1936. [Psychological Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[10] 82 [4]. Publisher's brown mottled (almost leopard print) cloth with a plain paper title label to spine. With the pink and green-illustrated dust-jacket by Harold Jones, priced at 3/6. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf. Slight offsetting..... More
The Dream.
Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, [February 1925]. [Utopian Fiction] CONTINENTAL COPYRIGHT EDITION. Small octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.294; [4]. Publisher's paper wrappers with titles to front cover and spine, and a list of recent publications dated February 1924 to rear cover. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. Rubbing to joint and edges; spine..... More
The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. [Speculative fiction] FIRST EDITION, first Issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 246; [2] advertisements. With page 1 incorrectly numbered as 2. Attractively bound in full burgundy oasis, gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, top edge gilt, original cover bound in at rear. A...... More
Meanwhile. The Picture of a Lady.
London: Ernest Benn, 1927. [Political Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the plain cartoon-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. Gently toned throughout. Jacket lightly soiled, with some rubbing and chipping to edges. Near fine. A novel framing Wells' thoughts on..... More
The Short Stories of H.G. Wells.
London: Ernest Benn. 1927. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.1148; [2], blank. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket printed in two colours priced at 7/6. No inscriptions. Jacket with some wear/loss to crown, rather browned to spine. A superb anthology containing 63 stories..... More
The War in the Air and Particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways Fared while it Lasted.
George Bell and Sons, London, 1908, FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo, pps.[viii]; 389. With 16 monochrome illustrations by A. C. Michael. In a robust private binding of grey cloth with morocco label titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Some light spotting else clean, in lightly rubbed binding. Wells' famous 'scientific romance'..... More
![Item #54730 Jeeves and the impending Doom [within] The London Omnibus. Introduction by Carl Van...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/54730.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1568109519)
Jeeves and the impending Doom [within] The London Omnibus. Introduction by Carl Van Doren.
New York, NY: Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc., 1932. [Classic Humour] FIRST ANTHOLOGY EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm). Publisher's pale green cloth blocked in dark green, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $2.50. Jacket just a touch dusty and marginally sunned to spine else a particularly fine copy which appears to be..... More
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