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First edition, first printing London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. First edition, first printing. viii, 245, [3] pp. with two advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt and black. Very Good+ with lean and sunning to spine, light mottling and moderate wear to covers, and slight bumping to fore edges of boards. Hinges tender, binding starting at p. 145. Moderate toning to contents, light offsetting from printer's glue to endpapers, scattered foxing to endpapers and prelims. Contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, stamp to half-title page.. Author: Wells, H. G,Country of Origin: United States of America,Publisher: C. Arthur Pearson Limited,Year Printed: 1897,Special Attributes: 1st Edition,Binding: Hardcover,Original/Facsimile: Original
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The Invisible Man ~ by H. G. WELLS ~ First Edition ~ 1st Printing 1897
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