Kipps : The Story of a Simple Soul

First edition, first printing (true first). 308pp plus publisher's adverts at rear. In green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering front and spine, extensive and attractive blind tooling decorations. (Boards are strong, clean, square and sharp, lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, with a slightly sunned spine). Internally, there is a little mild foxing and toning on the endpapers and next pages only. The front free endpaper also has a previous booksellers embossed stamp. Herbert George (HG) Wells was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. Well-known and respected as a social commentator in his life time, Wells is perhaps best remembered for his pioneering science fiction and futurism works, including The Time Machine and the War of the Worlds. We have many books by and about H G Wells in stock. Please inquire for a discount if considering ordering more than one volume.