WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine [In:] The New Review. Edited by W. E. Henley. London: William Heinemann, May 1895. No. 72. Large 8vo (247 x 170mm). Containing The Time Machine, chapters XIII-XV (only) on [pp. 576]-588. Original wrappers printed in red and black (backstrip tatty, some light staining). FIRST EDITION, preceding the first appearance in book form later in the same year. cf. Bleiler Science Fiction 2325; Wells Society 4. RARE. With 6 other books including the same author's The War in the Air and particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways Fared while it Lasted (London, 1908, original red cloth with illustration mounted on upper cover, worn, FIRST EDITION, second state), Mind at the End of its Tether (London, 1945, original red cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION of the author's last book), Jules Verne's Le Docteur Ox ... Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours (Paris, J. Hetzel, 1874, original or contemporary morocco-backed cloth), Frederick Treves' The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences (London, 1923, reprinted October 1923, original cloth) and Arthur C. Clarke's Islands in the Sky (London, [1952], original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST U.K. EDITION). The lot sold not subject to return. (7)
