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The Time Machine
by Wells, H.G
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Tan cloth, titled in purple, t.e.g. Spine a bit faded. Bookseller ticket of Arey & Jones, San Diego. Very good plus
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About This Item
New York: Holt, 1895. First edition, first issue, with the author's name printed H.S. Wells on title page. vii, 216, [2, blank], [6, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Tan cloth, titled in purple, t.e.g. Spine a bit faded. Bookseller ticket of Arey & Jones, San Diego. Very good plus. First edition, first issue, with the author's name printed H.S. Wells on title page. vii, 216, [2, blank], [6, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. H.G. Wells' First Book. In The Time Machine, H.G. Wells' time traveler visits the distant future and brings back a report that human society has diverged into the Eloi, who appear to live an idle, pastoral existence, and the Morlocks, who dwell underground; he then voyages further into the future where all signs of intelligent life have perished and a round thing hops fitfully beside a blood red ocean.
The early novels of Wells, including The War of the Worlds and The Island of Doctor Moreau, display a remarkable capacity for extrapolation, but it is his first, The Time Machine, which establishes Wells as one of the most important precursors of what would soon be called science fiction. "Like Joseph Conrad's similarly ominous Heart of Darkness, The Time Machine is told as a Club Story, and dramatically prefigures the profound anxieties and dislocations about to afflict the Western World [...] each tale inescapably conveys a profound unease about the future" (SFE).
An interesting association copy, with the signature of California poet George Sterling, demonstrating the wide distribution and readership for Wells' books. Sterling was famously mentor to Clark Ashton Smith, California poet and artist turned master of the decadent far future pulp tale in the 1930s.
Nice copy of the book that marked the literary ascent of H.G. Wells. Currey, p. 524
The early novels of Wells, including The War of the Worlds and The Island of Doctor Moreau, display a remarkable capacity for extrapolation, but it is his first, The Time Machine, which establishes Wells as one of the most important precursors of what would soon be called science fiction. "Like Joseph Conrad's similarly ominous Heart of Darkness, The Time Machine is told as a Club Story, and dramatically prefigures the profound anxieties and dislocations about to afflict the Western World [...] each tale inescapably conveys a profound unease about the future" (SFE).
An interesting association copy, with the signature of California poet George Sterling, demonstrating the wide distribution and readership for Wells' books. Sterling was famously mentor to Clark Ashton Smith, California poet and artist turned master of the decadent far future pulp tale in the 1930s.
Nice copy of the book that marked the literary ascent of H.G. Wells. Currey, p. 524
Synopsis
The Time Machine is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895 and later directly adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in all media. This 32,000 word novella is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 324429
- Title
- The Time Machine
- Author
- Wells, H.G
- Format/Binding
- Vii, 216, [2, blank], [6, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Tan cloth, titled in purple, t.e.g. Spine a bit faded. Bookseller ticket of Arey & Jones, San Diego. Very good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first issue, with the author's name printed H.S.
- Publisher
- Holt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction / Fantasy | British
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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