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London: William Heinemann, 1895. First British Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Small Octavo, 152 pages. In Very Good condition. Binding F, bound in gray cloth and stamped in brown, with no publisher's catalog in rear. Minor shelf wear. Sunning and some soiling to boards. Scuffing to rear board. Bookplate on front pastedown. Toning to interior pages, with light foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. JC consignment. Shelved in Case 3. Currey, p. 525: Binding F, Variant 2. The British Heinemann edition is preceded by the U.S. Holt edition, which has a different text. Wells' most famous book, and known to be the book that popularized the concept of time travel in the science fiction genre. 1383184. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

The US Edition came out first (1895) The UK Edition followed in 1898.