LOT 3034
4th December 2024
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LOT 3034
WELLS, H.G. The Shape of Things to Come, the Ultimate Revolution. London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1933. First edition, 8vo (216 x 149mm.) 12pp. publisher’s catalogue to rear. (Mild toning.) Original blue cloth (light spotting to spine), dust-jacket (chipping and small tears to extremities). Note: Wells’ dystopian novel where several of his short-term predictions came true, including the destruction of cities by aerial bombing. The prophetic vein in Wells’ work influenced many writers in the growing genre of sci-fi writing in the 1940’s and 50’s. – And a further five volumes by H.G. Wells (including ‘The Bulpington of Blup’, [1932], 8vo, and ‘The Autocracy of Mr. Parham’, 1930, 8vo) (6).
Estimate: £150 – £250
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