H.G. Wells, Men Like Gods, first edition, 1923
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H.G. Wells, Men Like Gods, first edition, 1923
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Wells (H.G.) Men Like Gods

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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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