Wells (H.G.) Men Like Gods
£150
London, Cassell, 1923.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth decorated and lettered in black. Dust-jacket.
Further reflections on utopian models, by the author of War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man.
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Book very good; jacket with some loss to head of spine, tape reinforcements to spine ends and fore-corners.
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