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Wells, H. G.
The War of the Worlds
Publisher: Folio Society, London;
Date of Publication: 2017
Stock Code: 11832
Second Folio Society printing with revised binding. Octavo, pp. xx, [2], 212. Colour frontispiece and 6 further colour plates by Grahame Baker-Smith. Publisher’s sky blue cloth with titles and gilt, black and cream illustrations to spine and upper board, housed in a matching sky blue paper-covered slipcase; burnt orange endpapers. An exceptionally clean & neat copy with no annotations or inscriptions; appears unread. Slipcase shows faint line to one panel. Fine copy in Near Fine slipcase. Second printing of this Folio edition of H. G. Wells’ most famous sci-fi novel, with Introduction by Iain Sinclair and eye-catching illustrations by Grahame Baker-Smith, which follows the text of the authoritative 1924 Atlantic Edition, with minor emendations. £75.00