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H.G. Wells Thirty Strange Stories 1st Edn

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H.G. Wells Thirty Strange Stories 1st Edn

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Description

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Author: Wells, H.G.
Title: Thirty Strange Stories
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Edward Arnold
Date Published: 1897
Description:

(8vo) pictorial green cloth, top edge gilt. First Edition.

Collects thirty stories, three of which appear here for the first time in book form. This was Wells's first short story collection published in America with no equivalent printing in Britain.

Condition

Light rubbing and soiling, corners blunted; spine gently shaken; light foxing to endpapers, closed tear to pp. 1-2; very good.

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H.G. Wells Thirty Strange Stories 1st Edn

Name: H.G. Wells Thirty Strange Stories 1st Edn
SKU: 119509805
Price: 600 USD
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