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WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). A group of 9 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:
WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). A group of 9 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:
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WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). A group of 9 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:

The Island of Dr. Moreau. New York: Stone & Kimball, 1896. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- In the Days of the Comet. New York: The Century Co., 1906. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Another copy. -- Tono-Bungay. London: MacMillan & Co., Limited, 1909. FIRST EDITION. Provenance: John C. Eckel (1858-1943), Charles Dickens bibliographer (ownership bookplate). -- The Secret Places of the Heart. London: Cassell & Company, 1922. FIRST EDITION. -- Men Like Gods. London: Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1923. FIRST EDITION. -- Christina Alberta's Father. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1925. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- The Way the World is Going: Guesses & Forecasts of the Next Few Years. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. FIRST EDITION. -- Man Who Could Work Miracles. London: The Cresset Press, 1936. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY WELLS TO FRANK SWINNERTON (1884-1982), English novelist and essayist once described as "one of the last links with his great contemporaries...Wells..."

Together, 9 works in 9 volumes, all 8vo, all in original cloth and many with publisher's dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very fine.
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WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). A group of 9 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:

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