Heading: (Webb, Clifford)
Author: Well, H.G.
Title: The Country of the Blind
Place Published: London
Publisher:Golden Cockerel Press
Date Published: 1939
Description: 67, [1] pp. Illustrated with wood engravings by Clifford Webb. 25.4x18.5 cm (10x7¼"), quarter orange vellum by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. No. 48 of 280 copies. First revised and expanded edition.In this edition H.G. Wells adds a new ending to his story about a blind community, The Country of the Blind. Illustrated, perhaps ironically, with beautiful wood engravings by Clifford Webb. At the end of the revised story, when asked whether she should like to be afforded sight and thus the ability to see beauty, Medina-saroté responds, "It may be beautiful... but it must be very terrible to see."

Light wear to binding, title page foxed, else near fine.