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The World Set Free H.G. Wells 1st Edition Inscribed

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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 pp. Original green cloth blind stamped with fruit design and text in gilt. First Edition, First Issue.

Inscribed on title page: "For Belgium which is setting us free - H.G. Wells". Well's prophetic pre-WW1 novel about atomic weapons. Marked 1st edition by lack of statement of printing on copyright page, 'Limited' instead of 'Ltd' in publisher name, and 8 page Macmillan insert in rear ad pages (Currey p. 527).

Condition

Light fading to spine and rubbing on ends; light foxing to endpapers and dampstain along bottom of textblock; very good.

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SKU: 75997352
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