The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells
First edition of Wells' landmark science fiction novel, one of the first to to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. Currey's state (A) with 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at end dated Autumn 1897, headed by New Letters of Napoleon I on the second page.
London: William Heinemann, 1898. Publisher's original grey cloth, lettered in black; pp. viii, 303, [1], 16 ads. About very good. Binding a touch shaken and overopened at points, hinges starting, spine a bit cocked, still secure. Light general shelfwear and rubbing to boards. A handful of scattered stains and instances of foxing to pages, a couple small stickers neatly removed from endpaper edges, presumably from a former protective jacket. Overall, a very presentable copy.