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#733/1500. Housed in light brown, near-fine slipcase. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Red and black boards tight and straight. Corners sharp, inner pages crisp and unmarked. Decorative speckled red/blue page edges. Red/black spine titles bright and readable. Both volumes signed on rear limitaton page by illustrator Joe Mugnaini. "The Time Machine features six full-color full-page lithographs. "The War of the Worlds" has 10 similar color plates. Set appears unread.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Illustrator.

The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H.G. Wells, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposely and selectively forwards or backwards in time. The term 'time machine', coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle.