Lot 200 , Wells, H.G - The Invisible Man, 1st edition in book form, 8vo, half title, title printed red and black, 2 pages of adverts at end, original pictorial red cloth stamped in black and gilt, inner joints split, final leaf al

° Wells, H.G - The Invisible Man, 1st edition in book form, 8vo, half title, title printed red and black, 2 pages of adverts at end, original pictorial red cloth stamped in black and gilt, inner joints split, final leaf almost detached, extremities bumped, C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1897 Footnote: First edition in book form of a landmark science fiction. Originally printed serially in Pearson’s Weekly in June and July 1897, it concerns the activities of a scientist called Griffin who discovered how to make himself invisible - a power he uses for villainous purposes.
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