Wells (H.G.) The War in the Air

and particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways fared while it lasted
London, George Bell & Sons, 1908.

First edition. 8vo. Variant of second state binding in red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, with inset colour illustration to upper cover.

An attractive first edition of Wells’ remarkable anticipation of aerial warfare, here in the considerably scarcer red cloth variant binding of the second state.