Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$5.13 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth with titles in gold to spine. Some little flrecks on boards. Spine ends bumped.
Seller: Dr Martin Hemingway (Books), Leeds, United Kingdom
Price: US$5.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: William Heinemann, London 1930 1st Edition. 8vo. 370pp. Illus by David Low. Hardcover. No dj. Small marks to boards. Prev owner's ex-libris label on fpd. Binding firm. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$6.11 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1930. No Edition Remarks. 370 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. Binding is loose. Boards have noticeable rubbing and minor bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends and heavier sunning to spine.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$6.60 + shipping
Description: A few spots of light foxing; binding tight; spine a little faded & worn; pale marks on boards Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket)
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Wells, H.G.. The Autocracy Of Mr. Parham.. William Heinemann,, London:, 1930.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: Pagination: 370p. Publishers red cloth, soiling, minor shelf wear to edges, tiny bit of chipping at spine ends, first paste-down with pencil note, clean text, overall a nice copy. In protective mylar.
Seller: Dark Parks Books & Collectibles, Fallon, NV, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham. William Heinemann, London, 1930.
Price: US$10.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 370pp; Crown Octavo, illustrated by ten, two-page line drawings on art paper. Red, cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Minor wear at the extremities, no inscriptions. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics.
Seller: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, United Kingdom
Price: US$10.26 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No dustjacket. 370 pages. Damp spotted/blanched red hardback binding with moderate wear to boards' corners and spine-ends. Page-edges lightly browned and lightly foxed o/w pages clean and tidy.
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
H G Wells. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham. William Heinemann, 1930.
Price: US$11.22 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1930. William Heinemann. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Gilt titles, blue boards. Library binding, rebound, ex library, usual stamps and labels. 8x5
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
H. G. Wells. The Autocracy Of Mr. Parham. William Heinemann, 1930.
Price: US$11.22 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1930. William Heinemann . Hardback. ACCEPTABLE Gilt titles, blue boards. Library binding, rebound, ex library, usual stamps and labels. 7x5.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
WELLS, H. G.. The Autocracy of Mr Parham. William Heinemann 1930, 1930.
Price: US$13.71 + shipping
Description: First edition, octavo hardcover (VG-) no d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Wells, H. G.. THE AUTOCRACY OF MR. PARHAM. WILLIAM HEINEMANN LONDON 1930, LONDON, 1930.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Bright tight condition Very Good- jacket light edgwear 1st issue
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.61 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: True first British printing. No jacket. Pictures by David Low. All illustrations are present and in very good condition. Red boards with black lettering to spine and front are very good with the odd small mark, little fading to spine, little pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small bump/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. The binding is tight. Previous owner's bookplate inside front board. Previous owner's name and date in pen to front end-paper. Foxing/odd small mark to page edges and bottoms. Pages bit tanned. Scattered foxing/odd old marks to pages. Very occasional small mark to page edges. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
H.G.Wells. The Autocracy of Mr.Parham. William Heinemann, 1930.
Price: US$18.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1930. William Heinemann. Hardback. VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION. Red board. Gilt title. Internally and externally good. Pages clean. Binding tight. Black and white illustrations. Light tanning to pages. Light foxing to page edges. Shelf/edge wear. 7.5' x 5.5'
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
H.G. Wells. The Autocracy Of Mr. Parham. William Heinemann, 1930.
Price: US$19.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Little wear to boards. Content mainly clean with patches of foxing and spotting throughout. DJ has been repaired and has slight creasing and toning, soiling.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Wells, H. G.; David Low [Illustrator]. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham. William Heinemann Ltd, 1930.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. William Heinemann, 1930; "First published 1930" stated, no later printings indicated; [10], 370pp. + 10 illustrated plates. VG-/G+ hardcover, missing the dust jacket. Binding is sturdy and fully intact; light wear to edges and corners of red cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; light foxing to page block edges; text very good throughout; small previous owner inscription on front paste-down. No dust jacket. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$21.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Assisted pictorially by David Low. Publication of 370 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and chipped pieces. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
H.G. Wells. THE AUTOCRACY OF MR. PARHAM.. William Heinemann, London, 1930.
Price: US$21.22 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 270 pages. Double spread b/w illustration plates by David Low. Cover has surface insect nibbles. Binding firm and straight. Some slight foxing on a few pages.
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
H.G. Wells. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham. William Heinemann, London, Great Britain, 1930.
Price: US$26.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover first edition 1930. This book is in very good condition - top edge a little dirty; edge wear to boards. The dust jacket is in good condition - not price-clipped; half inch closed tear at bottom of front fold; quarter inch closed tear at front bottom and front top; one inch closed tear at front top left; several small closed tears across top of spine; half inch open tear at top of spine towards the back; chips at corners. Photographs available on request.
Seller: Secondhand Books 'n' Things, Ross Creek, VIC, Australia
Price: US$32.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A faded red cloth hardback book, with gilt title impressions on the spine. No jacket. The book is in reasonably good condition, normal wear and marks apply consistent with use and age. Some shelf-life wear, fading, marks and speckles of foxing to edge of papers. The odd mark on boards, please see photo. 370 pages all intact, all pages and illustrations are in reasonably good, readable order, page 163/164 is torn, but still intact. A lovely compact book that is definitely worth preserving for future generations.
Seller: Bishops Green Books, Newbury, BERKS, United Kingdom
WELLS H G. The Autocracy of Mr Parham. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1930.
Price: US$32.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 370pp. Red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine in protected nclipped dustwrapper. Light soft pencil inscription to ffep. Dustwrapper lightly worn at extremities with some small creases to spine. Closed edges spotted. Otherwise textblock and illustrations in very good clean and tight condition.
Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
Wells, H. G.. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham.. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 370 pp. Very Good, Red Cloth with sun-fading, rubbing & edge wear; spine slanted; shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; his bookplate inside cover; previous owner's signature on FFEP. Illustrations. First UK Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.78 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is firmly bound and stands nice and square. The red boards have a small amount of discoloration and very light rubbing to leading corners. Very light foxing to prelims and light foxing to the fore edges. Ghost of a pencil inscription to ffep. The dust jacket is not price clipped and has paper repairs to small closed tears and chipping, some of which have been previously repaired with tape and a remnants remain. Light dulling down to the spine. Mr. Parham is a university don with right-wing politics who dreams of finding a rich benefactor to finance a review he can edit. He thinks he has found such a man in Sir Bussy Woodcock, a "crude plutocrat" who makes money at anything to which he puts his hand. In an attempt to foster this acquaintance that goes on for six years, Mr. Parham finds himself involved in séances that summon a Master Spirit from the beyond. This entity occupies Mr. Parham's body, and commences to inspire a political movement (the League of Duty Paramount) that overthrows the British government in a coup d'état. As "Lord Paramount", Mr. Parham undertakes to conquer the world. But the opposition of the United States ultimately leads to a "Second World War" that goes badly for Britain. Believing that he can win if he overcomes the resistance of industrialists who control a new poison gas ("Gas L") but who refuse to make it available to the military, Lord Paramount attacks their stronghold . and it is at this point that Mr. Parham reawakens from what has been a wild dream he had when he fell asleep during the séance. Shortly thereafter he discovers that Sir Bussy has never had any intention of conferring an editorship upon him, and the association of the "deflated publicist" and the millionaire is over.[
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Wells H.G.. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham. William Heinemann, London, 1930.
Price: US$46.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: William Heinemann, London, 1930. First edition book without dust cover. Excellent condition. Assisted pictorially by David Low. 370pp., Previous owner's name on first page.13 x 19 cm. Shipping weight 440 gr. The novel is about Mr. Parham who reluctantly goes to a seance with some very interesting results.
Seller: finestfinds.ch, Geneva, Switzerland
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: 370p., illus. Illus. w/ 10 double-paged cartoons. good condition; bookplate on front pastedown
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$57.86 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition hardback in Near Fine condition. Red cloth boards, bumped, light edge wear, surfaces faded in places with a few minor marks, 370 pages, slightest tanning to end papers and very minor very scattered use marks and wear, binding tight with just the slightest roll. No jacket. Free standard airmail worldwide.
Seller: Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited, Oxford, New Zealand
WELLS, H.G.. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham. William Heinemann, London, 1930.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. No dust jacket. Loose along spine, else good. Writing on flyleaf. 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing
Seller: Top Edge Gilt, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$61.57 + shipping
Description: [Dystopian fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[12] 370 [2]. With 10 black and white cartoons by Low. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Low, priced at 7/6. Book is fine, jacket with a few small chips and tears, toned to spine. Shows well. A university don, seeking the patronage of a rich man, is possessed by the spirit of a Fascist leader during a séance, who overthrows the British government in a coup and starts a war against America as a consequence of attempting to conquer the world.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$64.13 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first printing. 370pp, plus four double spread monochrome plate illustrations, all by David Low. in original red cloth boards, blind rules on front panel, gilt titles on spine, publisher's windmill motif blind stamped on rear panel. 12mo. Boards slight rubbed on corners, a little rubbed and rounded at spine tips. Text block edges a tad toned. Glue residue marks on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean and tight. In its original dust jacket, also by David Low, a little chipped and nicked at edges, minor shelf wear on verso. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodard-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. A dystopian fantasy in which an Oxford don is possessed by a Fascist who overthrows the Government and starts a war against the United States.
Seller: BookAddiction (ibooknet member), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-370 [371-372: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], ten inserted double-page plates with illustrations by David Low, original red cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, front panel ruled in blind, publisher's windmill device stamped in blind on rear panel. First edition. A history don at Oxford falls asleep during a seance and is possessed by A Master Spirit from Mars. "He becomes Lord Paramount of England and dismisses Parliament. War between America and England ensues, but in the end it is all a dream" (Gerber). Among the characters is a thinly disguised caricature of Winston Churchill. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 59. Gerber, Utopian Literature (1973), p. 151. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 190. Bleiler (1978), p. 205. Reginald 15008. Hammond B15. Wells Society 109. A bright, nearly fine copy in good four-color pictorial dust jacket (wraparound illustration by David Low) with wear at edges, two chips from top edge of spine panel, several internal tape reinforcements, and faint old creases where once folded for storage. (#91112)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
WELLS, H G.. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1930.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. LOW wrap-around dustjacket art and illustrations. Fantasy satire by Wells who in this novel predicts an English dictatorship and another world war in which England and the United States are the major opponents. Very Good-Near Fine with some dusting to top page edge, in Very Good plus dustjacket, some darkening to white of panels, few small chips at top flap corners and lower spine end, few cm sized chip at top front panel.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
H.G.Wells. The autocracy of Mr. Parham. William Heinemann LTD, London, 1930.
Price: US$82.42 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Oxide stains. First edition. Good. Illustrations
Seller: Martina llibreter, Vic, Spain
Price: US$94.28 + shipping
Description: Plates by David Low Fine copy in dust-jacket which is severely faded at the spine panel, has a few tears and has been covered in adhesive plastic H.G. Wells Society Bibliography 109
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$98.90 + shipping
Description: 19x13. 370p. PEDIDO MINIMO, 6.00 EUROS. ENVIO GRATUITO HASTA 1 KILO A LA PENINSULA SIN NUMERO DE SEGUIMIENTO. PARA OTRAS FORMAS DE ENVIO, LEA CONDICIONES. ACEPTAMOS BIZUM (PAYPAL +1,80 HASTA 50, RESTO +5.95%). EN ALMACEN. LITERATURA INGLATERRA LIBRO EN INGLÉS Ilstr. D. Low. Enc. tela ed. Primera Edición.
Seller: Librería Javier Fernández, MADRID, MADRI, Spain
Price: US$130.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st UK Edition. [x], 370pp. Octavo. Maroon cloth covered boards with slight soiling and mild wear to corners. Light bumping to back outer corner. Blindstamped rule border to front board and blindstamped publisher's insignia to back. Gilt lettering to spine. Outer edges of textblock show some soiling and light foxing. Light soiling and rippling to endpapers. Light foxing scattered through out. Small tear to page 51. 10 B/W illustrations on plates. In dust jacket, not price clipped. Jacket shows some soiling as well as a few small closed tears and chips near edges (there is also a chip in the center of the spine). Slight crease to inner flap of jacket. Generally a very nice copy. very good First edition. 108 in Wells Society "The story tells how a history don at Oxford falls asleep during a seance and dreams he had become Lord Paramount of the Empire. Among the characters is a thinly-disguised caricature of Winston Churchill.". Assisted pictorially by Well's friend and celebrated British cartoonist David Low.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$137.37 + shipping
Description: Good to very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 370 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. Subjects: Spiritualism ; Fiction. Spirit - possession ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$147.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH WITH THE ORIGINAL UNPRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET, DUST JACKET DESIGN & SEVERAL DOUBLE PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID LOW. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 370 PAGES. SOME LIGHT EDGE WEAR TO JACKET WITH SOME FADING TO SPINE OF JACKET, RUBBING TO CLOTH AT TOP OF SPINE, OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO TEXT PAGES, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR CREASE TO PAGE CORNERS. OVERALL THE BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO MAJOR FAULTS PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DUST JACKET HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVER THAT DOES SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: Good to very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 370 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. Subjects: Spiritualism ; Fiction. Spirit - possession ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$186.97 + shipping
Description: First edition. Name on e/paper o/w fine in the pictorial d/w which has a bit of wear at the tip of the spine and a price sticker partially removed but is in fact quite nice.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: vii+370 pages with 10 plates. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First edition. Mr Parham is a university don with right-wing politics who dreams of finding a rich benefactor to finance a review he can edit. He thinks he has found such a man in Sir Bussy Woodcock, a "crude plutocrat" who makes money at anything to which he puts his hand. In an attempt to foster this acquaintance that goes on for six years, Mr Parham finds himself involved in séances that summon a Master Spirit from the beyond. This entity occupies Mr Parham's body, and commences to inspire a political movement (the League of Duty Paramount) that overthrows the British government in a coup d'état. As "Lord Paramount," Mr Parham undertakes to conquer the world. But the opposition of the United States ultimately leads to a "Second World War" that goes badly for Britain. Believing that he can win if he overcomes the resistance of industrialists who control a new poison gas ("Gas L") but who refuse to make it available to the military, he attacks their stronghold. and it is at this point that Mr Parham reawakens from what has been a wild dream he had when he fell asleep during the séance. Shortly thereafter he discovers that Sir Bussy has never had any attention on conferring an editorship upon him, and the association of the "deflated publicist" and the millionaire is over. Sir Bussy Woodcock was a recognizable caricature of Beaverbrook, and other characters correspond to Joynson-Hicks and Oswald Mosley. Wells had trouble placing the novel with a publisher because sales of his novels had declined in recent years, but The Autocracy of Mr. Parham proved to be "one of Wells's better sellers in years. Bertrand Russell told Wells that he liked the book, but French reviews were unkind. Condition: Lightly soiled, edges rubbed with some small closed tears, spine ends rubbed with some small chips else better than very good copy in like jacket.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$202.03 + shipping
Description: Plates and dust-wrapper by David Low Slight spotting at edges, but a very nice, bright copy in dust-wrapper which has one or two minor tears and is a little soiled at the folds
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition of The Autocracy of Mr Parham with unclipped dust jacket. With ten black and white cartoons by Low. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Minimal wear to the boards. Lightly browned contents in clean condition. The dust jacket is clean with faded spine colours. Light chipping to the spine ends. Slight loss to the fold ends and three small closed tears on the upper dust jacket.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$329.68 + shipping
Description: OLWd., 370 Seiten, kl.-8°, mit doppelseitigen Illustrationen im Text. Einband leicht berieben; ganz leicht gelockert, sonst guter Zustand. Book Language/s: English
Seller: Antikvariat Valentinska, Praha, Czech Republic
Price: US$1539.21 + shipping
Description: FIRST UK EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUST WRAPPER SIGNED. 8vo. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. [10] + 370 pp. Bound in maroon cloth, gilt, in pictorial unclipped dust wrapper, with two drawings by David Low, which has sunned spine and edge chips, including head and tail of spine. Minor wear at head and tail of spine and light browning of page edges; otherwise a very good copy. Signed by author on third, blank, free endpaper. Illustrated by 10 double page plates by David Low. Signed first UK edition in dust wrapper of the dystopian fantasy novel by H. G. Wells. The US edition was published a month previously. WELLS NOVELS LIT. FICTION 20TH CENTURY FIRST EDITION DUST WRAPPER SIGNED WELLS
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom