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US DR Glass: This is the Cosmopolitan Magazine for December 1897, with the concluding chapter/installment, of The War of the Worlds. Heading above the first line is: xxi. Concluding. And runs for eight pages to the end. The magazine contents are in better than good condition, but the covers show lots of wear, smudges, and the top one inch of the spines paper is missing. The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was written between 1895 and 1897, and serialised in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US in 1897. The full novel was first published in hardcover in 1898 by William Heinemann. Tan cover and spine. better than good condition.

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H.G. Wells. It first appeared in serialized form in 1897, published by Pearson’s Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel details the experiences of an unnamed protagonist in London and his brother in Surrey during an invasion of Earth by Martians. It is a pioneering work of the science fiction genre, popularizing the alien invasion trope.