TALES OF SPACE AND TIME.
London: Harper & Brothers, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good+ condition. Item #020565
[vi], 358 pages of text, followed by [ii] pages of publisher's advertisement. Original cloth binding is slightly shelfworn and slightly soiled, with minor toning/browning to the spine, and a minor bump to the bottom of the spine. The text is clean and unmarked. Top edge trimmed (as published) and other edges deckled (untrimmed). This volume is the first collected edition of some of Wells' best-known stories, including The Crystal Egg, A Story of the Stone Age, A Story of the Days to Come, The Man Who Could Work Miracles which is a rare foray into the comedic, and his widely acclaimed classic The Star, a story of planetary catastrophe. Bibliography: H.G. Wells Society Bibliography 16; Currey, 423; Cutler & Stiles, 154; Clute & Nicholls, 1314; Weinstein, 31.
Price: $1,250.00