hg wells war of the worlds first edition

So begins THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, the science fiction classic that first proposed the possibility of intelligent life on other planets and has enthralled readers for almost 90 years, This compelling tale describes the Martian invasion of Earth.

FROM THE PUBLISHER - No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences far greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own.

Top Corner Of Front Cover Clipped,Otherwise Very Good in Wrappers.

He invited him to illustrate a limited edition of just 500 copies – a translation into French by HD Davray that was to be published in 1906.Paperback. Wells had not been entirely satisfied with Warwick Goble’s illustrations to the 1897 serial publication in Pearsons Magazine, but whole-heartedly approved of sketches shown to him in 1903 by a Brazilian born artist, Henrique Alvim Corrêa (1876-1910). Many more will have seen film versions but, excluding serious SF fans and some ATG readers, far fewer will know the artist responsible for a wonderful series of illustrations produced for a small run, Belgian limited edition of the book. Many readers will be familiar with the book and perhaps know of the Orson Welles produced radio play of 1938 that caused panic when some American listeners mistook the drama, presented in news report form, for news of an actual alien invasion. Illustrations from Belgian limited edition The copy at Cheffins on July 15 had been estimated at £3000-5000. The record holder, however is a copy, inscribed to F Luck and containing two ink cartoons, that made £14,000 at Bonhams in 2008. This Sullivan (1852-1936) was a British illustrator and artist who some years later illustrated another of Wells’ books, A Modern Utopia, but in 2004, as part of the superb Roger Rechler library, a copy of ‘War of the Worlds’ that Wells inscribed for a James Frank Sullivan had sold at $20,000 (then £12,800) at Christie's New York.Ī fellow contributor to The Strand magazine and writer of supernatural short stories, this Sullivan was warmly addressed by Wells as “the original discoverer of the distinguished Merits of this Book.” HG Wells’ presentation inscription on the copy of the ‘War of the Worlds’ sold by Cheffins for £11,000.

Hg wells war of the worlds first edition