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Irvington, NY: Cosmopolitan, 1900. Softcover. Good. Full issue of the magazine from November, 1900. A particularly sought after issue as it contains the first installment of H.G. Wells' "The First Men In The Moon" with illustrations by E. Herring; opening installment of "The Way That He took" by Kipling with illustrations by Gordon R. Grant; "What Communities Lose by the Competitive System" by Jack London (an article that won the $200 Cosmopolitan Prize for pieces on 'Loss by Lack of Cooperation"). 104 pp. plus a section at rear of photographs of notable plays and actors of the day and a large section of ads, most illustrated and a few color tinted, at rear. Tight but good only with chipping about the edges of the wrappers and some staining, light tidemarking outer portions of a good number of pages.
The Cosmopolitan - An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XXII, No. 6 by H.G. Wells - April, 1897: With 1st U.S. Appearance of "THE WAR OF THE WORLDS" by H.G. Wells (Chapters 1-5)
by H.G. Wells
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The Cosmopolitan - An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XXII, No. 6: With 1st U.S. Appearance of "THE WAR OF THE WORLDS" by H.G. Wells (Chapters 1-5)
by H.G. Wells
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Scarce April, 1897 issue (Volume XXII, No. 6) of "The Cosmopolitan - An Illustrated Monthly Magazine" that contains the first U.S. appearance of the story "THE WAR OF THE WORLDS" by H.G. Wells. This issue contains the first serialized installment (chapters 1 through 5) of the story and features illustrations by Warwick Goble and Cosmo Rowe. Also included are other stories of both fiction and non-fiction, and beautifully illustrated advertisements (including a full-page Ivory Soap ad in color). Wells' Sci-Fi classic is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race.
From the back cover: "In this number appears the first instalment of Mr. H.G. Wells' new story 'The War of the Worlds' - one of the most brilliant pieces of imagination ever put in words. Swift and Poe, Jules Verne and Flammarion have all been left behind by the boldness of this new conception of Mr. Wells. Mars, growing cold through the ages, the fight for life on that planet has developed the intelligence of its people to acuteness many centuries in advance of the inhabitants of our globe. They determine to migrate and seize upon our warmer soil. England is the point at which they arrive, and the interest is intense from the first to the closing chapter."
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The back cover has some strips of paper remnants adhered at the top half; tears along the bottom edge of the covers. The issue is tightly bound with no loose pages. Nice interior - mostly clean with only an occasion light stain and smudge. Both the top and bottom edges of the spine have a 1/2" strip of paper missing. Overall the issue is in very good condition.
From the back cover: "In this number appears the first instalment of Mr. H.G. Wells' new story 'The War of the Worlds' - one of the most brilliant pieces of imagination ever put in words. Swift and Poe, Jules Verne and Flammarion have all been left behind by the boldness of this new conception of Mr. Wells. Mars, growing cold through the ages, the fight for life on that planet has developed the intelligence of its people to acuteness many centuries in advance of the inhabitants of our globe. They determine to migrate and seize upon our warmer soil. England is the point at which they arrive, and the interest is intense from the first to the closing chapter."
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The back cover has some strips of paper remnants adhered at the top half; tears along the bottom edge of the covers. The issue is tightly bound with no loose pages. Nice interior - mostly clean with only an occasion light stain and smudge. Both the top and bottom edges of the spine have a 1/2" strip of paper missing. Overall the issue is in very good condition.
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- Illustrator Warwick Goble, Cosmo Rowe
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- Date Published April, 1897
- Keywords hg wells, cosmopolitan magazine, war of the worlds, science fiction, fantasy, extra terrestrial, ufos, orson welles, time machine, island doctor moreau, first men in moon
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The Cosmopolitan: An Illustrated Monthly magazine Vol. XXX, Number 1, November, 1900
by H.G. Wells; Jack london; Rudyard Kipling, et al
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The Cosmopolitan, An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, November [Nov.] 1900, Vol. XXX, Number 1
by Jack London, H.G. Wells, et al
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Irvington, New York: Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1900. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This very special issue contains two items of major significance. Jack London's prize-winning "What Communities Lose by the Competitive System" appears here for the first time on pages 58-64. This is immediately followed by Part I of "The First Men in the Moon" by H.G. Wells on pages 65-80. pp. [16] ads, 104, [8] plates, [36] ads, [6] cartoons, [10] ads. The dozens and dozens of illustrated ads, some of which are in color, are nothing short of spectacular, our favorite being the four-page two-color glossy illustrated ad for The "Mobile" Company of America, an early and short-lived automaker located on Kingsland Point at Tarrytown-On-The-Hudson, New York. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A well-preserved copy of this spectacular issue. Woodbridge, London & Tweney [Enlarged Edition] #909..
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THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON [IN] THE COSMOPOLITAN: AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE - COMPLETE EIGHT-PART SERIAL
by Wells, H.G. (novel); Hering, E. (illustrations)
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Irvington-on-the-Hudson, NY: The Cosmopolitan Press, 1901. First Edition. First appearance in the U.S. of Wells's ninth novel, narrating a journey to the moon by a businessman and an eccentric scientist, who encounter a sophisticated civilization of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites," who take them captive underground. The novel was first serialized in The Strand Magazine in the UK (between December, 1900 - August, 1901), though the Strand appearance was illustrated by Claude Shepperson. A primary appearance of this cornerstone work of the genre, scarce in the original wrappers. cf.Wells 18; Barron, Anatomy of Wonder, 3rd Ed., 1-98. Eight quarto issues (24cm); original decorative wrappers; with illustrations by Warwick Goble and Cosmo Rowe. Publication sequence as follows: Vol.XXX, Nos.1-6; Vol.XXXI, Nos.1-2. Some shallow losses to spine on the March, 1901 issue, with faint dampstaining to upper rear wrapper on the April, 1901 issue; Very Good. Remaining issues all show modest wear, gentle…
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