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Numbered 115 of 620, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1924 - 27; Volume 1 signed by the author; three-quarter red leather binding with red cloth sides [27 volumes] Note: missing Volume 23. 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches SIGNED on the limitation page by the author. 28 volumes, large octavo. Portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black. Finely bound in dark green half oasis morocco with gilt titles and decoration to spines; maroon leather and cloth top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Internally clean, binding is unmarked. The definitive set of Wells volume 23 is standard bound

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.

A true first edition can be identified by its blue cloth cover with a gold-gilt cover illustration which shows the Time Traveller at the controls of his machine.