WELLS H G: The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth

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WELLS H G : The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth

MacMillan, London, 1904

8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. true first as colonial preceeds Uk edition. Blue cloth with embossed vignette about gilt title on upper board. Gilt titled spine.. Boards soiled and rubbed to edges with splitting to spine joints and chipping to cloth at head and tail, corners rubbed through to boards. Could look reasonable with repair to cloth but may be better as a rebound copy. Text block is fully detached from boards, lacks prelims upto half title. ex-library stamps to paste downs and half-title. Some foxing and/or soiling throughout. Text block is loose on sewing and some pages are separated and detached. Rear free endpaper has peice from top corner missing and former owners ink name dated may 1919, this is repeated on the rear pastedown (i-viii) 3 -317 + 1 unpaginated leaf advertising HG Wells and also Popular Works Thomas Hardy followed by 8 page catalogue of MacMillans Colonial Library with the code [ CL.30.7.04) at the foot. With competent repairs and rebinding would look good enough but the pages are a bit unsightly (unless you defox them). Scarce true first edition of one of Wells science fiction classics.. Ex-Library. Book Condition: Fair. Binding: Original Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket

First Edition

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Wells, H.G., : THE FOOD OF THE GODS AND HOW IT CAME TO EARTH

Macmillan & Co., Limited, London, 1904

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vii[1],317, 16 [pub. ads dated 20.7.04]pp. A nice copy with a bright orginal embossed patterned green cloth binding with unrubbed gilt lettering. Trifle sunned. End-papers a little browned as usual. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: green cloth, gilt

1st edition

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