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Wells, H.G. Annotated Bibliography & Selected Collectible Books



One of history's most prominent English science-fiction writers, Herbert George andquot;H. G.andquot; Wells was revered for his work on various contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary. He has also written or contributed to a number of textbooks on rules for war games. Known as andquot;The Father of Science Fictionandquot;, his most notable science fiction works include The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The Island of Doctor Moreau. His literary works were so prominent that motion picture themes were adopted from the concepts of his novels.

John Larson of FineBooks and Magazinessummarizes Wells record setting Swann Galleries' June 20 auction of 19th and 20th Century Literature. A first English edition of H.G. Wells The First Men in the Moon, in a very scarce original dust jacket was sold for $26,400. Abebooks.com also hosted a number of copies of The First Men in the Moon, one being for a first English edition, first binding,and rare dust jacket. for $75,000.

A rare copy of When The Sleeper Wakes, inscribed to Wells' fatherhas an selling price of $65,000 on Abebooks.com. This first edition, inscribed by Wells to his father andquot;For Joseph Wells from his affectionate son H.G. Wells.andquot; Other copies of this tale have seen the market values from $5,000 to $40,000 over the years.

Wells, H.G. Select Conversations with an Uncle and Two Other Reminiscences.. John Lane, London (1895). 650 copies.

Wells, H.G. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents. Methuen , London (1895). Includes 'The Flying Man', 'The Flowering of the Strange Orchid', The remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes', and 'The Lord of the Dynamos'

Wells, H.G. The Time Machine: An Invention. Heinemann, London (1895). First issue with the inserted publishers catalogue advertisingThe Manxman on the first page andThe Naulahka on the last page at rear

Wells, H.G. The Time Machine: An Invention. Henry Holt , New York (1895). First edition, first printing with author's name incorrectly printed asH. S. WELLS on recto of title leaf;

Wells, H.G. The Wonderful Visit. J M Dent, London (1895). first issue, gilt angel and title to front board, angel designed by by Robert Anning Bell

Wells, H.G. The Island of Doctor Moreau. William Heinemann, London (1896). First edition. First binding with publisher's monogram in blind on rear cover.

Wells, H.G. The Wheels of Chance. A Holiday Adventure. J M Dent, London (1896).

Wells, H.G. The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance. C Arthur Pearson, London (1897). First Issue adverts, with page 1 incorrectly numbered as 2, rubric lettered title-page

Wells, H.G. The Invisible Man: A Fantastic Sensation. Grosset and Dunlap, New York (1897).

Wells, H.G. The Plattner Story and others. Methuen, London (1897).

Wells, H.G. Thirty Strange Stories. Edward Arnold, New York (1897). First edition. Collects thirty stories;

Wells, H.G. The War of the Worlds. William Heinemann, UK (1898). 16 page publisher's advertisements (Autumn announcements mdcccxcvii)

Wells, H.G. The War of the Worlds. Harper and Brothers, NY (1898). First American edition

Wells, H.G. Tales of Space and Time. Doubleday McClure, New York (1899). First Issue,with first two lines top p. 109 repeating final two lines p. 108, and final two lines p. 112 lacking; collection of five science fiction tales:The Crystal Egg,The Star,A Story of the Stone Age,A Story of the Days to Come andThe Man Who Could Work Miracles.

Wells, H.G. When the Sleeper Wakes - A Story of the Years to Come. Harper and Brothers. NY and London (1899). First Edition Includes Fifteen inserted plates with illustrations by H. Lanos

Wells, H.G. Love and Mr. Lewisham. Harper, London and New York (1900).

Wells, H.G. Tales of Space and Time. Harper and Brothers, London (1900). First appearance of five fantasies:The Crystal Egg andThe Star, two minor SF classics,A Story of the Stone Age,A Story of the Days to Come, andThe Man Who Could Work Miracles. Angenot and Khouri,An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction,;

Wells, H.G. The First Men in the Moon. George Newnes, London (1901). twelve inserted plates with illustrations by Claude Shepperson;

Wells, H.G. Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought. Harper and Brothers, New York and London (1902). First American edition

Wells, H.G. Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought (1st Edition). Chapman and Hall, London (1902).

Wells, H.G. The Discovery of the Future. T. Fisher Unwin, London (1902).

Wells, H.G. The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine. Methuen , London (1902). thirty-one pages of advertisements at end

Wells, H.G. Twelve Stories and a Dream. Macmillan , London (1903). A collection of thirteen science fiction and fantasy stories includingFilmer, one of Wells's finest stories,The Valley of the Spiders,The Inexperienced Ghost,The New Accelerator, The Stolen Body, andA Dream of Armageddon.

Wells, H.G. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth. Macmillan, London (1904).

Wells, H.G. A Modern Utopia. Chapman and Hall, London (1905).

Wells, H.G. Kipps. The Story of a Simple Soul. Macmillan, London (1905).

Wells, H.G. Twelve Stories and a Dream. Scribners, New York (1905).

Wells, H.G. In The Days Of The Comet. The Century, New York (1906).

Wells, H.G. The Future in America. Harper and Brothers, NY (1906). Three issues (7/28, 8/4, and 8/18) do not have the mailing wrappers; The issue for 9/8 is missing the rear mailing wrapper, but includes the U.S. Navy supplement; The issue for 8/11 has the mailing wrappers separated at the spine

Wells, H.G. New Worlds for Old. Archibald Constable, London (1908).

Wells, H.G. The War in the Air And Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared while it Lasted. George Bell and Sons, London (1908). With 16 monochrome illustrations by A. C. Michael

Wells, H.G. Tono-Bungay. MacMillan ,, London (1909). First Issue, with the advertisements dated 1.09 inserted at the end of the book

Wells, H.G. The History of Mr. Polly. Thomas Nelson, London (1910).

Wells, H.G. The New Machiavelli. Duffield , N.Y. (1910).

Wells, H.G. Floor Games. Frank Palmer, London (1911).

Wells, H.G. The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. Thomas Nelson, London (1911). inserted frontispiece with color illustration by Dudley Tennant; collection of thirty-three tales of science fiction, fantasy and the supernatural

Wells, H.G. The Door in the Wall and Other Stories. Mitchell Kennerley, New York (1911). 600 copies; Illustrated with one photogravure by Alvin Langdon Coburn; Printed on French hand-made paper with rough edges, with types and decorations designed by Frederick W. Goudy;

Wells, H.G. Little Wars: A Game for Boys from Twelve Years of Age to One Hundred and Fifty and for That More Intelligent Sort of Girls Who Like boys' Games and Books. Frank Palmer, London (1913).

Wells, H.G. The Passionate Friends. Harper and Brothers, New York (1913).

Wells, H.G. The Passionate Friends. MacMillan, London (1913). first issue with all the correct points;

Wells, H.G. An Englishman Looks at the World. London: Cassell , (1914). An Englishman Looks at the World is a collection of essays Wells wrote from 1909-1914; It includesThe Philosopher's Public Library,The Common Sense of Warfare,The So-Called Science of Sociology,The Endowment of Motherhood,The Disease of Parliaments,The Possible Collapse of Civilisation, andThe Human Adventure. ; publisher's imprint at base of spine (first issue);

Wells, H.G. The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind. Dutton, New York (1914).

Wells, H.G. Bealby: A holiday. Methuen, London (1915).

Wells, H.G. Boon, the Mind of the Race, the Wild Asses of the Devil and the Last Trump. T. Fisher Unwin, London (1915). 26 sketches in the text by H. G.; first issue cloth of Wells'scaustic satire aimed at those who engage in literary pomposity and pretentious high-mindedness (Faber), including his infamous caricature of Henry James

Wells, H.G. The Country of the Blind. Mitchell -Kennelly (1915).

Wells, H.G. The Research Magnificent.. Macmillan, London (1915).

Wells, H.G. Mr Britling Sees It Through. Cassell ., London (1916).

Wells, H.G. What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War. Cassell , , London (1916). Twelve articles, eleven of which were first published between January and June 1916 in CASSELL'S MAGAZINE, THE DAILY CHRONICLE or THE DAILY NEWS, concerning the social and political future of nations of the world after the cessation of the Great War

Wells, H.G. The Soul of a Bishop - A Novel (with Just a Little Love in It) about Conscience and Religion and The Real Troubles of Life.. Cassell, London. (1917).

Wells, H.G. The Outline Of History Being A Plain History of Life and Mankind (2 Vols). George Newnes , London (1919). Twenty-four parts, complete, in two volumes;

Wells, H.G. The Undying Fire. Macmillan, New York (1919).

Wells, H.G. The Undying Fire: A Contemporary Novel. The Macmillan, New York (1919).

Wells, H.G. The Outline of History. Being a plain History of Life and Mankind.. MacMillan, New York (1920). Illustrated by J. F. Horrabin; 2 Volumes set

Wells, H.G. The Secret Places of the Heart. The Macmillan, Toronto (1922).

Wells, H.G. Men Like Gods. Macmillan, New York (1923).

Wells, H.G. Men Like Gods. Cassel, London (1923).

Wells, H.G. A Year of Prophesying. T. Fisher Unwin, London (1924).

Wells, H.G. The Dream. Jonathan Cape, London (1924). First edition, second issue with leaf [A]1 mounted on a stub withlazy bookseller statement removed;

Wells, H.G. The Dream. Macmillan, New York (1924).

Wells, H.G. The Story of A Great Schoolmaster, Being A Plain Account of The Life and Ideas of Sanderson of Oundie. Chatto and Windus, London (1924).

Wells, H.G. The Time Machine, The Wonderful Visit and Other Stories. T Fisher Unwin, London (1924). 620 copies; 28 volumes

Wells, H.G. The Works. T. Fisher Unwin, London (1924). 620 copies for Great Britain and Ireland; 28 volumes; The 28 volumes comprise: (1 ) The Time Machine. The Wonderful Visit, and other stories. (2) The Island of Doctor Moreau. The Sleeper Awakes. (3) The Invisible Man. The War of the Worlds. (4) Anticipations, and other papers. (5) The Food of the Gods. The Sea Lady. (6) The First Men in the Moon, and some more human stories. (7) The Wheels of Chance. Love and Mr. Lewisham. (8) Kipps. (9) A Modern Utopia, and other discussions. (10) In the Days of the Comet, and seventeen short stories. (11) The Undying Fire, and philosophical and theological speculations. (12) Tono-Bungay. (13) Ann Veronica, and Boon. (14) The New Macchiavelli. (15) Marriage. (16) The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman. Socialism and the family. (17) The History of Mr. Polly, and Bealby. (18) The Passionate Friends, and three essays. (19) The Research Magnificent. (20) The War in the Air, and other war forebodings. (21) The World Set Free, and other war papers. (22) Mr. Britling. (23) Joan and Peter. 24. Joan and Peter (cont.). The Story of a Great Schoolmaster. (25) The Soul of a Bishop. The Secret Places of the Heart. (26) A Volume of Journalism. (27. The History of the World. (28) Men Like Gods

Wells, H.G. The Works. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1924). 28 volumes; 1050 copies

Wells, H.G. The World of William Clissold. Ernest Benn , London (1926). 3 volumes; Volume one contains books one and two, volume two contains books three and four, and volume three contains books five and six

Wells, H.G. The Works of H.G. Wells. T. Fisher Unwin, London (1927).

Wells, H.G. Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island. Ernest Benn, London (1928). with color pictorial image to front panel by Sir William Orpen

Wells, H.G. The Way The World Is Going: Guesses and Forecasts of the Years Ahead. Ernest Benn, London (1928).

Wells, H.G. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham. William Heinemann, , London (1930). Assisted pictorially by David low

Wells, H.G. The Science of Life. Doubleday Doran , New York (1931). 4 Volumes

Wells, H.G. The Time Machine.. Random House, New York (1931). 1200 copies; Illustrated by W.A. Dwiggins

Wells, H.G. After Democracy : Addresses and Papers on the Present World Situation. Watts , London (1932).

Wells, H.G. Experiment in Autobiography. Macmillan, New York (1934).

Wells, H.G. World Brain. Doubleday, Doran , New York (1938).

Wells, H.G. World Brain. Methuen , London (1938).

Wells, H.G. The Country of the Blind. Golden Cockerel Press, London (1939). 280 copies; Illustrated with engravings by Clifford Webb

Wells, H.G. Babes in the Darling Wood. Alliance, New York (1940).

Wells, H.G. You Can't Be Too Careful. Secker and Warburg (1941).


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