The War in the Air and Particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted
by H. G. Wells
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- Condition
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About This Item
London: George Bell and Sons, 1908. 390 pp. (with six of the advertisement pages in the rear missing) Approximately 5 x 7 3/4". 1st edition. Red-cloth variant binding (much more scarce than the common blue one), title in black on cover with illustrated paste-down, title and publisher on spine in gilt, considerable foxing on page edges and some throughout, otherwise, very good plus condition. (Curry 1979, p. 526)Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) is often called the "father of science fiction" along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. The War in the Air is a military science fiction novel, originally published in The Pall Mall Magazine, about the futuristic idea of using aircraft in warfare
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- The Book Lair, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BL-001798
- Title
- The War in the Air and Particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted
- Author
- H. G. Wells
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Gilt
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