Books

London, William Heinemann, 1895. . First UK edition, later issue; Demy 12mo (175 x 120 mm); spotting to endpapers, else unmarked internally, without publisher's ads' at rear; publisher's tan cloth, brown lettering to spine and upper cover, sphinx vignette in brown to upper cover, publisher's device in brown to lower cover, cloth a touch faded at spine and lower cover, else very good. Wells' first and most famous book, known for popularising the concept of time travel in the science fiction genre.