A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of War of the Worlds by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=H.+G.+Wells&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">H.G. Wells</a>.<ul><li>H.G.&nbsp;Wells (English).</li><li>London: Heinemann, 1898.</li><li>Bound in publishers original grey cloth with black titling to the front board and spine, Heinemann company logo to rear board, with 16 catalogue pages to the rear.</li></ul> The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells depicts a devastating Martian invasion of Earth, told from the viewpoint of an unnamed narrator fleeing destruction across England. Wells blends cutting-edge science with social critique as heat-rays, tripods and toxic “black smoke” overwhelm human defences. The novel explores imperialism, vulnerability and survival while pioneering modern science fiction. Humanity’s eventual salvation—through microbes—underscores Wells’ theme that even the most powerful invaders remain subject to nature’s unseen forces.&nbsp;

War of the Worlds First Edition

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of The Passionate Friends: A Novel by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=H.G.+Wells&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">H.G. Wells</a>, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">inscribed</a> by the author.<ul><li>H.G. Wells (English).</li><li>London: MacMillan and Co., 1913.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Presentation copy, affectionately inscribed by the author to his friend Daisy Blumenfeld: “D. B. / from H. G. / and someday we will win at tennis.”</li><li>Bound in the original green vertically ribbed cloth, spine and front board with gilt lettering and vine motifs in blind, top fore-edge gilt.</li></ul> Daisy Blumenfeld was the wife of R. D. Blumenfeld, chief editor of the Daily Express for over 30 years. He was a close friend and a neighbor of Wells, who was often invited at the residence to play tennis and discuss politics and narrative.

The Passionate Friends: A Novel | Inscribed First Edition

An <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">inscribed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of The Common Sense of War and Peace by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=h.g.+wells&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">H.G. Wells</a>.<ul><li>H.G. Wells (English).</li><li>England / New York: Penguin, (1940).</li><li>116, [6] pages.</li><li>Inscribed by Wells in ink to copyright page: "To Dorothy Thompson. / bless her. / &amp; she is not to leave / it behind her. / H.G. Wells / Aug. 19. 41"; under copyright notice, Wells has additionally written "(with full rights to reproduce / in any form / HG.)"</li><li>Original orange and white typographic wrappers, publisher's ads at rear, housed in custom quarter navy goatskin clamshell box.</li></ul> Inscribed first edition of this World War II-era thesis on creating a new world federation to bring about lasting peace — presented to American journalist Dorothy Thompson, who "had gone into battle almost single-handedly against the Nazis" (Kurth). "Mr. Wells' job is to think [...] In this book he has been thinking about the war — why we are fighting, what will happen when it is over." Wells's inscription in this copy seems to suggest that it was given to Thompson with the idea to publish an American edition of the work; his handwritten note on the copyright page emphasizes that he has "full rights to reproduce [the book] in any form." The holograph annotations that follow in the text, most likely made by Thompson, are editorial in nature, further supporting that it was meant to be used for a new edition: typos are corrected, and portions deleted or updated to reflect changing data from the book's 1940 publication to circa 1942 (e.g. "When England and France declared war [last September] [crossed out]"). The last two chapters (#13, "That New World After the War" and #14, "A Lesson from 1918") have been crossed out entirely and, perhaps most notably, the annotator has removed a few phrases critical of Russia (e.g. "From their [doctrinaire, stupid and suspicious, but] [crossed out] not altogether ill-informed point of view"). A tremendous World War II association copy, evidence of the networking and strategy of two influential public intellectuals during the political upheavals of the epochal conflict.

The Common Sense Of War And Peace Inscribed First Edition

Finely bound first edition of H.G. Wells’ science fiction classic.<ul><li>H.G. Wells (English).</li><li>London: Heinemann, 1896.</li><li>Includes an illustrated frontispiece and an advertising leaf for&nbsp;The Time Machine, and 32 pages of publisher’s advertisements.</li><li>Custom full leather binding by The Chelsea Binder of full yellow morocco leather with the cover and spine reproducing the original cloth cover and spine labeling, the original cover and spine are bound-in at the rear of the book, with yellow silk headbands and all edges gilt.&nbsp;</li></ul> Steven Grant provides a wonderful summary, "One of H.G. Wells’ most visionary tales,&nbsp;The Island of Dr. Moreau&nbsp;relates the disturbing tale of Prendick, a shipwrecked naturalist who unwittingly discovers a horrific scientific and social experiment that is creating a blurred race of hideous creatures, half-human and half-beast. Terrifying and spellbinding, Wells’ masterpiece warns of the catastrophe that could result when man recklessly tampers with nature. Eric Vincent’s artwork vividly summons up the nightmarish life in Dr. Moreau’s tortured world."

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