Wells (H.G.) Mr. Britling Sees it Through
£195
London, Cassell, 1916.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, blind-tooled to upper cover and lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket.
Well’s account of the personal and societal changes experienced by a writer and his family in Essex during the First World War; uncommon in the original dust-jacket.
In stock
Foxing; gilt to spine slightly dulled; jacket with some staining to upper panel, some rubbing, but overall very good.
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