H.G. Wells | The Invisible Man, 1897, first edition, 2 copies

H.G. Wells

Two volumes:

(i) The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance. London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. 8vo (183 x 121 mm), FIRST EDITION, title-page printed in red and black, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine and on upper cover with design in black, clear dust-jacket, blue inkstains to pp. 26–27, endleaves lightly browned, hinges split, top edge browned, extremities slightly rubbed and bumped

(ii) The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance. London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. 8vo (183 x 121 mm), FIRST EDITION, title-page printed in red and black, 2pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear, original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine and on upper cover with design in black, endleaves renewed, minor staining to upper cover, spine sunned and soiled, extremities slightly rubbed and bumped

The Invisible Man, the tale of a scientist who turns himself invisible but is unable to reverse the process, was first printed serially in Pearson's Magazine in June and July 1897. Written shortly after the successful publication of The Time Machine, the story has been adapted numerous times for film and television. "Boldly melodramatic and intellectually provocative, Wells's early scientific romances... remain unsurpassed for their imagination and visionary power" (ODNB).

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