The First Man In The Moon - HG Wells. FIRST EDITION, 1901. Antique, Collectable.

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RARE, ANTIQUE, FIRST EDITION. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION (1901, George Newnes). 342 pages. Second state binding of mid-blue cloth decorated and titled in black to upper and spine, with white endpapers. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and eleven further plates. Front cover is a little worn with some ink damage (to cloth only). Spine is rubbed top and bottom BUT condition of the interior is excellent with all pages bound and intact. Published by Georges Newnes of Strand in 1901 Book Synopsis: "Set in England at the beginning of the 20th century, average industrialist Bedford finds himself entwined in the machinations of Cavor, an eccentric genius who has developed Cavorite, a substance that negates the pull of gravity. The two men construct a vessel called the Sphere which hurls them to the moon. But the adventurers have very different agendas. Cavor hopes to discover a utopian society he imagines living on the planet, while Bedford is purely interested in the monetary gain the trip represents (after all, everyone knows there's gold on the moon). Once they arrive, they stumble upon the world of the Selenites, insect-like, biologically engineered aliens living beneath the surface of the moon in dark, cavernous, technologically-astounding cities. Then things go drastically wrong..." PICTURE (below) IS A SIMILAR read more

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