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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1964. First edition thus. Hardcovers. 188 and 97 pages. An out of series coy from an edition of 1500 that were designed by Peter Oldenburg and printed by A. Colish. Both books features introductions by J.B. Priestley and striking color illustrations by Joseph Mugnain. Both books are in fine condition with publisher blindstamps to the colophon pages and with laid in newsletter for the Limited Editions Club and laid in card from the director and in a very near fine slipcase. No dust jackets. Signed by Joseph Mugnain on the colophon pages of both books. A lovely set of two of Wells most enduring works of science-fiction.

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.