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Wells, H. G.. Invisible Man, The. C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1897.

Price: US$643.28 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Red cloth with gilt titles and black illustration to front board. Spine is slightly sunned, and boards are lightly marked. Both hinges are weak, but intact. Former owners names to free front endpaper and short title page. Good clean contents.

Seller: Books & Bygones, Reading, United Kingdom

Wells, H. G.. The Invisible Man: a Grotesque Romance. C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1897.

Price: US$649.77 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Original maroon cloth binding with gilt titles and illus to front with yellow 'Mudie's select library' sticker to front. There has been some minor repairs to the cloth and new endpapers. Pages tanned. Occasional marking to the pages eg staining, smudge or ink marks, browning, including some red staining to edge of rear pages from cloth colour. Occasional folded corner and a 1 inch tear to foot of p.81, otherwise clean and firm. Size: 8vo

Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom

WELLS, H. G.. The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance.. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: viii, 245 [1] [2, ads] pp. Small 8vo, original red cloth. First edition. Bookplate on pastedown; hinges cracked; cloth sunned and lightly dust-soiled, with light use.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Wells, H.G.. The Invisible Man. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$840.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. Octavo. Hardcover without a dust jacket. First edition, first issue, with the title page in orange and black and publishers ads on the unnumbered pages 247 and 248. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Soiling to the boards, fading to the spine. Binding is shaken and very weak, as is the front hinge. Book is in fair to good condition.

Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.

WELLS, H.G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946). The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance. London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897, 1897.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Description: [Speculative fiction] FIRST EDITION, first Issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 246; [2] advertisements. With page 1 incorrectly numbered as 2. Attractively bound in full burgundy oasis, gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, top edge gilt, original cover bound in at rear. A very good copy with the usual edge tanning to notoriously cheap paper used, four leaves with expertly repaired tear at fore-edge( pp.39-46), likely when bound; the binding is modern, but showing a little vintage (made in the last 30 years). Shows well. A commentary on the misuse of science for selfish ends. Completely unbelievable in the light of what we now know; any man made miraculously invisible would occupy his entire time with spying on naked people, staying in pubs after they'd closed and tracking down people who were mean to him in school and making their lives a misery. And spying on naked people.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge]. THE INVISIBLE MAN: A GROTESQUE ROMANCE .. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [1] 2-245 [246: printer's imprint] [247-248: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank preceding half title leaf], title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. "Amoral scientist discovers invisibility, but even this fails in the face of invincible obtuseness and cruelty of petty bourgeois England. Brilliant idea, memorable scenes, and vigorous chase-plot in an ambiguous (and scientifically impossible) tale." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 70. Filmed in 1933 by Universal Pictures starring Claude Rains, directed by James Whale. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-163 and (2004) II-1227. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2330. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 797. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 226. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1057-61. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 205. Reginald 15039. Currey, p. 520. Hammond B4. Wells 11. Wells Society 11. Small inked name and date as well as an erasure to front free end paper, end papers tanned, text block age darkened (as usual), rear hinge partially cracked, light damp stain along lower edge, spine darkened with gilt lettering still solid, slightly leaned, a good to very good copy. (28403)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866-1946.. INVISIBLE MAN: A Grotesque Romance, The.. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897., 1897.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: First issue and edition. Karen Thompson Bullock one of a kind restoration and binding. Original red cloth boards under J. Hewit black Cawburn Goat with "I" cut out to expose topboard type and illustration and rear board a red letter M. In a red Cawburn Goat slipcase with black cawburn goat surround strip. Gilt title skipping "invisible" on book spine, with "Invisible" spaced on top of slipcase. Entire case block disbound and washed in a proprietary cleansing bleach removing all toning, foxing, dust mites, etc. and adding strength to pages. This technique will add years to the first edition first issue copy. The text block was hand restitched as the original and new endpapers from Dodin (Israel) are a French wave pattern so named for the intoxicated inventor who bumped the marbling tray before dipping. 8vo. pp. viii, 245. [1] colophon, [2] Ads, [2] blank. As New/No jacket, as issued/As New. Several paper repairs. All materials and adhesives are acid free. Issue points: 1897 on title page with red type title, first page misnumberd page 2; 2 pages of rear ads starting with the Raid of the Detrimental and ending with When the Birds Begin to Sing.

Seller: OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994), West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.

H. G. Wells. The Invisible Man a Grotesque Romance. C. Arthur Pearson, Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$1949.32 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A sought after first edition of one of the monumental science fiction novels of H. G. Wells. The first edition in book form, first impression.This novel was originally serialised in 1897 in 'Pearson's Weekly'.H. G. Wells' monumental science fiction novel, following his equally popular novels 'The Time Machine' and 'The Island of Doctor Moreau'.The titular invisible man is named in the novel as Griffin, a scientist who dedicated his research and work to find a way to make himself invisible. Though he achieves the monumental goal, he fails to find a way to reverse the procedure.Half-title is present.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.W. H. Smith library label to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. Very light rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is lightly faded. Hinges are starting but firm. Rear endpaper is almost detached. Library label to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned and clean. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

WELLS, H. G.. The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance.. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897, 1897.

Price: US$1949.32 + shipping

Description: First edition in book form. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, this novel was influential in establishing Wells's reputation as the "father of science fiction" (McConnell, p. 41). The story had a major impact on popular culture, with over 30 movie and TV series adaptations since the 1930s. It was referenced in an episode of Tom and Jerry, it inspired the famous song by Queen with the same title, and was adapted into a comic book by Marvel Comics in 1976. Currey p. 520; Hammond B4; Wells Soc. 11. Frank McConnell, The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science, 2009. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, black illustration on front cover in black. Extremities rubbed, spine slightly toned, scattered small splash marks and some discolouration to front cover, contents mildly toned, a little shaken, clean throughout: a very good copy.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

Wells, H. G.. The Invisible Man. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing, with the title page printed in orange and black, no statement of printing at copyright page, and advertisements from pages 247-248 (Currey). No jacket. Red cloth with sunned spine, spot of dampstaining to front panel, gently bruised extremities. Slight spine tilt forward. Front inner hinge just starting, binding intact, and sound through text. Pages tanned, text unmarked.

Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

Wells, H. G.. The Invisible Man. Pearson, 1897.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very good first edition, with 1897 on the title page.FIRST EDITION of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man. Published in London by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd in 1897. First Edition, first issue with misnumbered first page (2 instead of 1). Hinges professionally repaired. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Wells (H.G.).. The Invisible Man; a grotesque romance. C. Arthur Pearson Limited,, 1897.

Price: US$2046.78 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Spine faded, marked and a little scratched and worn, slight wear at corners, hinges cracked, browned internally as usual, otherwise a nice copy. H.G. Wells Society Bibliography 11 First Edition, First Impression with page one misnumbered.

Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom

Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge]. THE INVISIBLE MAN: A GROTESQUE ROMANCE .. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$2250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [1] 2-245 [246: printer's imprint] [247-248: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank preceding half title leaf], title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. "Amoral scientist discovers invisibility, but even this fails in the face of invincible obtuseness and cruelty of petty bourgeois England. Brilliant idea, memorable scenes, and vigorous chase-plot in an ambiguous (and scientifically impossible) tale." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 70. Filmed in 1933 by Universal Pictures starring Claude Rains, directed by James Whale. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-163 and (2004) II-1227. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2330. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 797. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 226. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1057-61. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 205. Reginald 15039. Currey, p. 520. Hammond B4. Wells 11. Wells Society 11. Spine panel tanned, some tanning to end papers and edges of text block, front hinge starting, a very good copy with a bright front panel. (24978)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.

Wells, H.G.. The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance [first edition, with ALS from author]. C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.: London, 1897.

Price: US$2875.00 + shipping

Description: 7.5 x 5", finely bound in gilt-ruled crushed red morocco with original red cloth front cover and spine bound in at rear, 245pp + one page publisher's ad, covers lightly rubbed, contents toned, minor edge wear, with ink "1st edition" on title page. FIRST EDITION (with a "2" at bottom of page 1). WITH AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED FROM THE AUTHOR, H.G. WELLS, TIPPED IN AT FRONT OF BOOK. Short note on The Reform Club embossed letterhead, nd, "Dear Sirt Hedley / Let me know what use you make of my carefully written and stirring contribution. Yours." SIGNED BY H.G. WELLS.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

H.G. WELLS. THE INVISIBLE MAN. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897.

Price: US$2995.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing, First Issue An excellent example of this title in the original red cloth. First edition, first printing, first issue, with the title page printed in orange and black and pages 247 and 248 being publisher’s ads The book is in excellent condition for this title being firmly bound. The has been professionally recased with renewed end papers, allowing the book to be tight and sound and quite readable without the usual cracked hinges or broken bindings. The original cloth is in beautiful vibrant condition and withOUT the usual common fading of the spine cloth. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The book has no bookplates, no owner names and no inscriptions. The internal pages are remarkable clean with no stains, no bent pages and no foxing but have the common overall even light toning. Please see detailed images. No dust jacket as issued. A wonderful example of this title in a sound readable binding! A handsome copy in collectible condition, which displays well on the shelf. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi and Horror listings.

Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.

Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge]. THE INVISIBLE MAN: A GROTESQUE ROMANCE .. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [1] 2-245 [246: printer's imprint] [247-248: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank preceding half title leaf], title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. "Amoral scientist discovers invisibility, but even this fails in the face of invincible obtuseness and cruelty of petty bourgeois England. Brilliant idea, memorable scenes, and vigorous chase-plot in an ambiguous (and scientifically impossible) tale." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 70. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-163 and (2004) II-1227. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2330. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 797. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 226. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1057-61. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 205. Reginald 15039. Currey, p. 520. Hammond B4. Wells 11. Wells Society 11. Spine panel a bit sunned, endpapers a bit darkened, a very good copy with no binding wear, bright cover stamping and tight inner hinges. A nice copy of this book. (#80314)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge]. THE INVISIBLE MAN: A GROTESQUE ROMANCE .. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$3750.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [1] 2-245 [246: printer's imprint] [247-248: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank preceding half title leaf], title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. "Amoral scientist discovers invisibility, but even this fails in the face of invincible obtuseness and cruelty of petty bourgeois England. Brilliant idea, memorable scenes, and vigorous chase-plot in an ambiguous (and scientifically impossible) tale." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 70. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-163 and (2004) II-1227. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2330. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 797. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 226. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1057-61. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 205. Reginald 15039. Currey, p. 520. Hammond B4. Wells 11. Wells Society 11. Early owner's signature on front free endpaper. Binding slightly leaned, touch of rubbing to cloth along bottom edges, spine panel lightly sunned, endpapers tanned, a very good or better copy with bright cover stamping and sound inner hinges. A nice looking copy. (#130584)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge]. THE INVISIBLE MAN: A GROTESQUE ROMANCE .. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$3750.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [1] 2-245 [246: printer's imprint] [247-248: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank preceding half title leaf], title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. "Amoral scientist discovers invisibility, but even this fails in the face of invincible obtuseness and cruelty of petty bourgeois England. Brilliant idea, memorable scenes, and vigorous chase-plot in an ambiguous (and scientifically impossible) tale." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 70. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-163 and (2004) II-1227. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2330. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 797. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 226. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1057-61. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 205. Reginald 15039. Currey, p. 520. Hammond B4. Wells 11. Wells Society 11. Early owner's signature dated October 1897 on front free endpaper. Binding slightly leaned, spine panel lightly sunned, endpapers tanned, just a touch of rubbing to cloth, a very good plus copy with bright cover stamping and sound inner hinges. (#114669)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Wells, H.G. The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance.. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$3800.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first issue of Wells’ popular cautionary tale of overreaching scientific ambition. Octavo, original publisher’s gilt and black-stamped pictorial red cloth. First issue with the first page numbered 2, the title page printed in orange and black and publisher’s ad leaf at rear. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, The Invisible Man was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. Readers found The Invisible Manâ€"unlike its immediate predecessor, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)â€"accessible and gripping. Joseph Conrad, in a December 1898 letter to Wells, praised the book: “Franklyâ€"it is uncommonly fine. One can always see a lot in your workâ€"there is always a ‘beyond’ to your booksâ€"but into this… you’ve managed to put an amazing quantity of effects.” The Invisible Man remains not only an inescapable influence on modern science fiction but also a “classic study of scientific hubris brought to destruction” (Clute & Nicholls, 1313).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Wells, H.G. The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance.. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$4200.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first issue of Wells' popular cautionary tale of overreaching scientific ambition. Octavo, original publisher's gilt and black-stamped pictorial red cloth. First issue with the first page numbered 2, the title page printed in orange and black and publisher’s ad leaf at rear. In very good condition. Ownership initials "S.P Bell" to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. An exceptional presentation. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, The Invisible Man was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. Readers found The Invisible Manâ€"unlike its immediate predecessor, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)â€"accessible and gripping. Joseph Conrad, in a December 1898 letter to Wells, praised the book: “Franklyâ€"it is uncommonly fine. One can always see a lot in your workâ€"there is always a ‘beyond’ to your booksâ€"but into this… you’ve managed to put an amazing quantity of effects.” The Invisible Man remains not only an inescapable influence on modern science fiction but also a “classic study of scientific hubris brought to destruction” (Clute & Nicholls, 1313).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Wells, H.G. The Invisible Man.. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$4800.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first issue, with the title page printed in orange and black and pages 247 and 248 being publisher's ads. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, The Invisible Man was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. Readers found The Invisible Manâ€"unlike its immediate predecessor, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)â€"accessible and gripping. Joseph Conrad, in a December 1898 letter to Wells, praised the book: “Franklyâ€"it is uncommonly fine. One can always see a lot in your workâ€"there is always a ‘beyond’ to your booksâ€"but into this… you’ve managed to put an amazing quantity of effects.” The Invisible Man remains not only an inescapable influence on modern science fiction but also a “classic study of scientific hubris brought to destruction” (Clute & Nicholls, 1313).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Wells, H.G.. The Invisible Man. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1897.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing with the 1897 date printed on the title page. A beautiful copy. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the spine. The pages are clean with light wear to the edges. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition. We buy Wells First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

WELLS, H. G.. The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance.. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897, 1897.

Price: US$16244.32 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title, "W. W. Jacobs from H. G. Wells", with the recipient's embroidered silk bookmark laid in. The recipient was Wells's friend and fellow writer, the author of the enduring "The Monkey's Paw", which is frequently anthologized and studied alongside Wells's "The Moth". Despite being left-wing in his youth, Jacobs described his political opinions in later years as "conservative and individualistic", and he was on friendly terms with Wells, despite openly disdaining his politics. Although W. W. Jacobs's popularity has fallen in contrast to that of Wells, at one time only Kipling commanded a higher price for short fiction in The Strand Magazine. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, The Invisible Man was influential in establishing Wells's reputation as the father of science fiction. Wells Soc.11; Hammond B4; Currey p. 520. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to front board and spine gilt, device to front board in black. Housed in a red quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Contents browned as usual, spine faded and a little rolled, rear inside board slightly affected by damp with a little bleed onto endpapers, still very good.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom