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Quarter burgundy cloth with gilt lettered black title label to spine over terra cotta patterned boards in matching slipcase. Edition limited to 276 copies signed by Florian Bertmer illustrator and by Orson Scott Card who wrote the introduction. This is copy #155. Also included in slipcase is a wraps volume of supplemental material with many illustrations. Very nice looking book. Size: 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall.

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.