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Published in London in 1989, this is the First Edition of H G Wells classic Alien invasion novel "The War of the Worlds", bound in the original grey cloth titled in black, with the Heinemann publishers? device on rear cover, this is a later sate of the First without the publisher's catalogue at the rear. The is some corner bumping to the covers else covers generally clean, internally a partially removed W. H. Smith & Sons subscription label to front pastedown (pictured) a small purple squiggle to front endpaper (also pictured) heavy foxing to opening and closing few pages else in good general 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.