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H G Wells. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth. Macmillan & Company Limited, London, 1904.
Price: US$19.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 preliminary pages, 317 pages, 16 page publisher's catalogue, very good condition in publisher's blind decorated cloth binding, top edge gilt, corners of boards and top and bottom of spine slightly rubbed, spine slightly darkened, some staining on the rear board, 2 small stains on the fore-edge of the book, text in very good, clean condition.
Seller: Provan Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
WELLS, H.G.. The food of the Gods and how it came to earth. Macmillan, London, 1904.
Price: US$44.77 + shipping
Description: 1st UK edition. 18pp publisher's catalogue at rear dated 20 Sept.1904. Some light foxing; bookplate on front pastedown; binding tight; spine worn at head & foot, with dull gilt lettering; gilt on front board bright. Used - Good. Good hardback in embossed green cloth
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
WELLS, H. G.. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth.. Macmillan and Co., London, 1904.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: vii, 317 [18, ads] pp. 8vo, publisher's green ribbed cloth. First edition, second issue. Front free endpaper lacking; light rubbing to cloth.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
H.G. Wells. The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth. MacMillan, London, 1904.
Price: US$64.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, MacMillan, 1904. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Ads appear to be dated '20.9.11' so presumably a much later issue? A little foxed. Collector's plate to front endpaper, a little foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns. [9942, Hyraxia Books].
Seller: Hyraxia Books. ABA, ILAB, Hutton Cranswick, United Kingdom
Wells, H. G.. Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth, The. Macmillan, London, 1904.
Price: US$76.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Endpapers and title page foxed, some light foxing on pages not affecting text. Good tight book.
Seller: Books & Bygones, Reading, United Kingdom
Wells, H.G.. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth. Macmillan, London, 1904.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, printing. Dark green cloth with flowered vine decoration. Bit of wear to the head and foot of the spine. Gilt titles bright. Clean unmarked text and sound binding. Black and white illustrations. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1904. Wells called it "a fantasia on the change of scale in human affairs. . . . I had hit upon [the idea] while working out the possibilities of the near future in a book of speculations called Anticipations (1901)." The novel is one of his lesser known works. There have been various B-movie adaptations of the novel.
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. Food of the Gods; And How It Came to Earth. Macmillan & Co, London, 1904.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. [vii], 317, [18] pp. Cloth, gilt, blind stamped, teg, very good. (25088). Tape marks on endpapers.
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth. Macmillan, London, 1904.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st issue. 8vo, full green cloth, blind stamped with gilt titling. Very good.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vii, 317 + 2 Pp Catalog Not Numbered + 61 Pp Catalog Dated 20.7.4. First Edition, First Issue., With Ads Dated 20.7.04, Green Cloth, Gilt And Stamped In Blind, T.E.G., Front Panel (Including Gilt) Bright And Clean But Spine A Little Faded And Worn At Ends, "Macmillan" Is Difficult To Read, Gilt Title And Author's Name Are Weak But Clear, Some Wear At Corners, A Few Points Beginning To Fray At Top/Bottom Of Spine, 1/8" Split At Top Of Spine. Small Morocco Bookstore Label Of R. L. Goulden, Canterbury, On Front Pastedown
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth. Macmillan and Co., LTD, London, 1904.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 317 pages, 18 pages of ads; first issue with date "20.7.04" at foot of last leaf of rear ad. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. Bookplate.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. THE FOOD OF THE GODS AND HOW IT CAME TO EARTH. Macmillan & Co, London, 1904.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Wells H. G. First Edition THE FOOD OF THE GODS AND HOW IT CAME TO EARTH 1904. Octavo 8vo. pp. 317 plus a 16-page publisher's advertising catalogue inserted at rear promoting books by such authors as Winston Churchill, Kipling, Warton etc. and of course Wells. The insert has some slight foxing and last page ever so slightly splitting from the spine. Gilt lettering on spine and front with beautifully designed blind embossing on the original olive green buckram. Top edges in gilt and all clean and neat. The spine is darkened with age, and has some bumping and rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine. There is no previous markings or owner on this edition. A solid book for any collector.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Wells, H.G.,. THE FOOD OF THE GODS AND HOW IT CAME TO EARTH. Macmillan & Co., Limited, London, 1904.
Price: US$333.52 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: vii[1],317, 16 [pub. ads dated 20.7.04]pp. A nice copy with a bright orginal embossed patterned green cloth binding with unrubbed gilt lettering. Trifle sunned. End-papers a little browned as usual Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
H.G.Wells. THE FOOD OF THE GODS and how it came to earth. Macmillan and Co., London, 1904.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Maroon cloth covers,gold titles to spine.Cover is near VG,slightly darkened spine,with some spots on rear,3 small patches of rub on the hinge.Block is tight,clean and tidy copy.No names or stamps.14 pages of publishers advertisements at rear.
Seller: THE BOOK SHOP, HASTINGS, HBN, New Zealand
Wells, H.G.. The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth. Macmillan & Co., London, 1904.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, First state. Original decorated green cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge gilt. 16-page publisher's catalogue dated "20.7.04" inserted at rear. London: Macmillan & Co. (1904), 317 pps. A VG copy with light rubbing to extremities. Spine ends slightly bumped. Page edges and endpapers, and interior show scattered foxing. Endpapers show discoloration.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G. The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth.. Macmillan and Co, London, 1904.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Wells' satiric utopian novel. Octavo, original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. Like many of Wells' works, The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth is an allegory of class struggle and imperialism as illustrated in a fantastic utopian future. Wells called the novel "a fantasia on the change of scale in human affairs." The story was adapted into several graphic novels and B-movies including the 1976 science fiction thriller of the same name produced and written by Bert I. Gordon.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.