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Book Description

Published in London in 1989, this is the First Edition of H G Wells classic Alien invasion novel “The War of the Worlds”, bound in the original grey cloth titled in black, with the Heinemann publishers’ device on rear cover, this is a later state of the First without the publisher’s catalogue at the rear. The is some corner bumping to the covers else covers generally clean, internally a partially removed W. H. Smith & Sons subscription label to front pastedown (pictured) a small purple squiggle to front endpaper (also pictured) heavy foxing to opening and closing few pages else in good general condition
Author H. G. Wells
Date 1898
Binding hardback
Publisher William Heinemann
Condition GOOD

Price: £1850.00

Offered by Andrew Cox

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