"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
London: George Newnes, 1900, 1901. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Two volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm). With frequent black and white illustrations. Bound in publisher's light blue pictoral cloth, decorated in black and gilt, edge speckled. Contents a little toned as expected, endpapers browned else clean, covers lightly worn, vol.XXI a little darkened. Contains Wells' The First Men In The Moon, the first appearance of the novel, featuring many more illustrations than the book-form edition. Also includes a selection of short pieces by Jacobs, Mason, Nesbit, and Morrison, plus some strange tales from Arthur Conan Doyle. Item #76350
Price: £495.00
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