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Harmondsworth: Penguin Books No.343 1941 First Penguin Paperback Printing, 1941 GD+
The War in the Air and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted by Wells, H. G - 1908
by Wells, H. G
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The War in the Air and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted
by Wells, H. G
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London : George Bell & Sons, 1908. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A C Michael. First edition first printing dated 1908 in first state blue boards with gilt title decoration to upper board, Hardback grades as good. Book has numerous faults, boards have rubbing and light marking to the cover and gilt title. Softened or gently bumped corners. Front joint gently rubbed. Bump to bottom edge of upper board. Spine faded with bumped and rubbed ends. Lower board gently rubbed joint and fading to panel. Front hinge cracked with old tape repair, rear hinge Solid. Previous owners initials in pen to front pastedown. FEP missing. Tissue guard for frontispiece missing. Frontispiece present. Text block has toning to edges, top edge sl. dusty. Deckle edged on fore edge and lower edge. There are occasional scattered small spots to the text block, but otherwise clean with fairly crisp white pages.The binding is generally tight and square. All illustrations are present. Illustrations opposite pg 14 and pg 322 are loose but present, also pg 15 is loose. Good condition. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A good example of this collectible Well's SF title. This the first edition from 1908, in the first printing state with the gilt title decoration. Recognised as a key Well's title, with reference to the future of air war, and the growing threat of Germany.
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- Publisher George Bell & Sons
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1908
- Keywords General
- Size 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
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The War in the Air and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted
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The War in the Air and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted [With Illustrations by Eric Pape]
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Simi Valley, California, United States
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The Macmillan Company, 1908. Hardcover. Good. . General shelf/age wear. Spine somewhat faded. Splitting at inner hinges but binding is sturdy. Original owner's name on ffep. Pages clean, NO foxing.
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The War in the Air, and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted
by Wells, H. G
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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London: Penguin, 1941. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. small octavo. card covers 254pp., Penguin 343. Nice copy in bright card covers
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The War in the Air and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted [With Illustrations by A.C. Michael]
by H.G. Wells
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Simi Valley, California, United States
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George Bell and Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Good. . Blue cloth boards with pictorial front board embellishment. Spine faded, minor shelf wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.
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The War In The Air and particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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George Bell and Sons, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Michael, A. C. 389 pages. 1 plate missing. Boards worn, damaged on spine, marked. Tanning, foxing, ownership inscriptions, deckle edges, marked. In poor condition, tightly bound and intact. 1st UK edition. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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The War in the Air and particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways fared while it lasted
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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(London: George Bell and Sons: 1908) Bell’s Indian and Colonial Library. Decorated red cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 390, 8 and 16 publisher’s advertisements. With illustrations by A.C. Michael. LACKS front free endpaper and plate opposite page 114; head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; a few marks to edges and scattered marks internally; a good copy.
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THE WAR IN THE AIR And Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted.
by Wells, H. G
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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New York: MacMillan Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1908. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 395 pages; Covers with some light soiling, rubbing and wear. Name and address on front free endpaper. .
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The War in the Air, and particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways fared while it lasted.
by H. G. Wells
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Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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London,: George Bell and Sons,, 1908. Hardcover Hardcover. Good. Cloth somewhat marked and mottled, slight fading to spine, lacks front endpaper, one plate loose but complete, good copy. No dust jacket.
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The War in the Air and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted
by Wells H. G
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908. First American edition.Published 1908.Collation, 395[1]pp, plus 8pp catalogue, complete with 20 full page illustrations by Eric Pape. Bound in original publishers decorative cloth.Cloth light rubbed on edges with some very slight cloth loss on extreme corners of boards, faded but title lettering and design still resonable clear. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, no loose pages, no writing/marking, one illustration has some wear on margins. Pages and illustrations in very good clean condition.A63. First American. Good Plus. Illus. by Eric Pape. 8vo.
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THE WAR IN THE AIR And Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted.
by Wells, H. G
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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London: George Bell and Sons. Fine with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 389 pages; Blue cloth covers with some rubbing and wear. Gilt lettering still quite bright. Bookplate on inside front cover. Some foxing to endpapers. .
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