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When The Sleeper Wakes.: A story of the years to come. With illustrations.
by WELLS, H. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London and New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers,, 1899. First edition of Wells's dystopian novel depicting "our contemporary world in a state of highly inflamed distension". However, dissatisfied with this first version, saying it was written when he was under time pressure, Wells revised it in 1910 and published it as When the Sleeper Awakes. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Monochrome frontispiece and similar 2 plates of illustrations by H. Lanos. Cocked, spine uniformly sunned, corners a trifle bumped, the binding otherwise sound, hinges tender but holding, faint spotting to endpapers, else internally clean; a fresh copy. Wells 15.
Synopsis
The Sleeper Awakes (1910) is a dystopian novel by H. G. Wells about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. A fanatical socialist and author of prophetic writings, the main character awakes to see his dreams realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 148738
- Title
- When The Sleeper Wakes.
- Author
- WELLS, H. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London and New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers,
- Date Published
- 1899
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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