Description: THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOONFIRST UK EDITION BY H.G. WELLSPLEASE VIEW OUR EBAY STORE WHICH IS NEATLY ORGANIZED FOR A GREAT BROWSING EXPERIENCE! George Newnes, Limited, London, 1901First Edition, First Printing, First State First British edition, First state. A beautiful unrestored first state book, with the requisite black end papers. All pages present, and firmly bound.The book is in great condition with beautiful blue cloth boards and stunning gilt designs to the front with gilt titles to the spine. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. 12 inserted plates with illustrations by Claude Shepperson. Final leaf is blank. The book has the original black coated end papers with no prior owner names and no inscriptions. The book has no edgewear but a few tiny spots of rubbing; and the binding is tight and square making the book quite readable and not fragile as is otherwise typical of this title. The internal pages are very clean and bright with no foxing, no stains, no writing, no handling marks and no bent pages. Please see the many detailed images.The First Men in the Moon tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists: a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford; and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilization of insect-like creatures they call “Selenites”.A very handsome unrestored copy of this title in collectible condition without the excessive wear, and broken bindings as is typically found with this title. Important, scarce edition. Presents well on the shelf.Please see our stores on Ebay, and MeierAndSons.com for other listings, including others by Stephen King. Please note the cost to ship includes full insurance. Insurance is calculated at the USPS rate of $1.00 per $100 of value and will show up as a handling fee on your invoice but is only the cost to ensure your book in transit.
Price: 1995 USD
Location: New Canaan, Connecticut
End Time: 2025-01-11T08:00:01.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Special Attributes: The Invisible man, The Time Machine, 1st Edition
Author: H.G. WELLS
Year Printed: 1901
