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FIRST EDITION, title-page printed in black and red, usual faint toning to poor quality paper, pp. viii, 246, [2, ads], crown 8vo, original red cloth with illustration stamped in black to upper board and lettering in gilt to same, backstrip lettered in gilt and darkened with a little rubbing at tips, lean to spine, a couple of dinks to edges of lower board, top edge dusty, edges and endpapers toned, hinges slightly tender at head, good. (Wells 11; Wells Society 11).

H.G. Wells's "The Invisible Man" tells the story of a scientist named Griffin who discovers the secret to becoming invisible. With themes of unchecked scientific ambition and the consequences of isolation, this novel remains one of Wells's most enduring and thought-provoking works.