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When the Sleeper Wakes H.G. Wells 1st Edition

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When the Sleeper Wakes H.G. Wells 1st Edition 1st Issue: Heading: Author: Wells, H.G. Title: When the Sleeper Wakes Place Published: London and New York Publisher:Harper & Brothers Date Published: 1899 Description: [2], 329. Fron

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The World Set Free H.G. Wells 1st Edition Inscribed: Heading: Author: Wells, H.G. Title: The World Set Free - inscribed Place Published: London Publisher:Macmillan and Co. Date Published: 1914 Description: [4], 286, + [10] ad

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The Time Machine H.G. Wells 1st British Edition: Heading: Author: Wells, H.G. Title: The Time Machine, An Invention Place Published: London Publisher:William Heinemann Date Published: [1899] Description: [6], 152, [32 ad]

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When the Sleeper Wakes H.G. Wells 1st Edition

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Author: Wells, H.G.
Title: When the Sleeper Wakes
Place Published: London and New York
Publisher:Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1899
Description:

[2], 329. Frontispiece with tissue guard and two other illustrations. Red Cloth with gilt lettering. First Edition

"[When the Sleeper Wakes]...has never received the critical attention it deserves, both for its ideas and its literary quality. It obviously anticipates Orwell's work and describes a future crypto-fascist state more clearly than does Zamiatin." Bleiler 2333. No statement of issue on copyright page (Currey p. 527). Bookplate of Bernard Gore Brett on front pastedown.

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Spine faded, light rubbing and soiling to cloth; scattered foxing; very good.

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When the Sleeper Wakes H.G. Wells 1st Edition

Name: When the Sleeper Wakes H.G. Wells 1st Edition
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