London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Leeds and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.d. [1911]. Original blind-stamped blue cloth. First Edition of this collection of tales of fantasy, science fiction and the supernatural. According to Wells's introduction, these constitute "all the short stories by me that I care for any one to.....
And particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways fared while it lasted. With Illustrations by A.C. Michael. London: George Bell and Sons, 1908. 2 pp undated ads. Original blue cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition of this extraordinary tale of a Cockney cycle mechanic who is carried off by a drifting balloon.....
London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. 6 pp undated ads plus 8 pp ads dated "20.8.06." Original blind-stamped olive-green cloth. First Edition of this tale typical of Wells's transition from his early science fiction to his later socialism: a comet passes very close to Earth, emanating a gas that changes people's.....
Authorized Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. 2 pp undated ads. Original yellow wrappers printed in black. First American Edition of this mystery by the noted Scottish novelist, poet and literary critic -- perhaps now best known for the twelve "Fairy Books" for children (1889-1910) that he adapted and.....
Fully Illustrated. Boston: Shepard and Gill, 1874. 10 pp undated ads. Original green cloth decorated in black, lettered in gilt and in orange. First Edition of this mysterious tale, actually published in late 1873 (the English edition, THE FROZEN DEEP AND OTHER STORIES, was published about nine months later --.....
[the third UK printing, fine] With One Hundred and Twelve Illustrations. Third Edition. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1873. 8 pp ads dated "for the season 1872-73." Original terra-cotta cloth decorated in black and gilt, beveled, all page edges gilt. "Third Edition" -- i.e. the third printing of.....
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. One page undated ads. Original salmon cloth. First English Edition, which according to McKay was published on 9 January 1886 -- four days after the American one (Longmans had intended to publish it in December 1885, but the bookstalls were already so full of.....
