The second book from that H. G. Wells lot from Heritage Auctions I started listing yesterday.
Wells, H. G. The First Men in the Moon. George Newnes, Limited, 1901. First UK hardback edition (and first edition with complete text), second state binding (white rather than black endpapers, as per Currey), a Very Good copy with a 1 1/2″ x 3/4″ slight abrasion/rub to front cover, wear at head, heel and points and along spine, with small W.H. Smith blindstamp and inscription “M. G. Walkin-Graves/from K.M.K, J.H.A.H/Jan. 25. 1904” and price and “BL 1705” on front free endpaper, along with a large rectangle of light foxing there and a similar rectangle on rear free endpaper. His novel (possibly the first) of man landing on the moon, plus the Selenite civilization they find there. Filmed at least three times, most famously in 1964. H. G. Wells: A Comprehensive Bibliography 18. Scheck and Cox, H. G. Wells: A Reference Guide, page xxiv. Williamson, H. G. Wells: Critic of Progress, pages 111-119. Currey, page 518. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, page 226. Locke, Science Fiction First Editions, page 56. Locke, Voyages in Space 208.Bleiler, Checklist of Science Fiction & Supernatural Fiction (1978), page 205. 333, page 68. Anatomy of Wonder 4 1-98. Magill, Survey of Science Fiction, pages 782-785.
