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H. G. Wells

21st September 1866 - 13th August 1946

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Overview

English writer

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Prolific writer in many genres but especially known for his science fiction works The Time Machine (1895), The Invisible Man (1897) and The War of the Worlds (1898). The latter famously caused widespread panic when it was broadcast on the radio in America in 1938, narrated by Orson Welles.

Title	Date	Location	Publication
The Time Machine First Edition	1895	London	William Heinemann
The Invisible Man First Edition	1897	London	Pearson
The War of the Worlds First Edition	1898	London	William Heinemann
The First Men in the Moon First Edition	1901	London	Newnes

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Wells (H.G.) The Works, 28 vol., Atlantic Edition, one of 620 sets signed by...

Hammer: £4,500

Wells (H.G.) and Alvin Langdon Coburn. The Door in the Wall and Other Storie...

Hammer: £3,500

Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, first issue, half-title,...

Hammer: £3,200

Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first edition, first issue with 16pp adverti...

Hammer: £3,000

Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first edition, first issue with 16pp advertis...

Hammer: £2,600

Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first edition, first issue with 16pp. advert...

Hammer: £2,400

Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, first issue with 16pp. pu...

Hammer: £2,000

Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, half-title, original wrappers, upper cover de...

Hammer: £1,700

Elizabeth von Arnim.- Wells (H.G.) The Works, 28 vol., 'Atlantic Editio...

Hammer: £1,600

Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first edition, first issue with 16pp adverti...

Hammer: £1,400

Bindings.- Wells (H.G.) The World of William Clissold, 3 vol., limited edit...

Hammer: £1,300

Wells (H.G.) The Sea Lady, first edition, 1902; The Wonderful Visit, 1896; T...

Hammer: £1,100

Wells (H.G.) The World Set Free, first edition, signed presentation inscrip...

Hammer: £950

Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, first issue with 16pp. a...

Hammer: £950

Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first English edition, frontispiece...

Hammer: £850

Wells (H.G.) The Research Magnificent, first edition, signed presentation i...

Hammer: £850

Wells (H.G.) The History of Mr. Polly, first issue with advertisement for M...

Hammer: £800

Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first English edition, first issue ...

Hammer: £750

Wells (H.G.) All Aboard for Ararat, first edition, signed presentation inscr...

Hammer: £700

Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, issue without advertiseme...

Hammer: £700

Wells (H.G.) Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in...

Hammer: £700

Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first edition, later issue without the adver...

Hammer: £700

Wells (H.G.) The Croquet Player, first edition, signed presentation inscript...

Hammer: £650

Wells (H.G.) The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, first edition, Autogra...

Hammer: £650

Wells (H.G.) The Passionate Friends, first edition, signed presentation ins...

Hammer: £650

Wells (H.G.) The Invisible Man, first edition, half-title, title in red and ...

Hammer: £650

Wells (H.G.) The Invisible Man, first edition, 1f. advertisements, usual lig...

Hammer: £600

Wells (H.G.) The Passionate Friends, signed presentation inscription from t...

Hammer: £550

Wells (H.G.) The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, first edition, half-tit...

Hammer: £500

Wells (H.G.) The World Set Free. A Story of Mankind, first edition, 10pp. a...

Hammer: £500

Wells (H.G.) The Island of Dr Moreau, first edition, half-title, frontispiec...

Hammer: £500

Greene (Graham).- Wells (H.G.) Little Wars. A Game for Boys, first edition,...

Hammer: £500

Wells (H.G.) Tono-Bungay, first edition, signed presentation inscription fr...

Hammer: £460

Wells (H.G.) The Autocracy of Mr. Parham, first edition, signed by the autho...

Hammer: £450

Wells (H.G.) The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, 32pp. publisher's...

Hammer: £420

Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first edition, first issue, 12 plat...

Hammer: £420

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Hammer: £400

Wells (H.G.) The Island of Dr. Moreau, first edition, frontispiece, 33pp. ...

Hammer: £350

Wells (H.G.) Tono-Bungay, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, fa...

Hammer: £320

Wells (H.G.) The World of William Clissold, 3 vol., first trade edition, si...

Hammer: £320

Wells (H.G.) Tales of the Unexpected, [c.1922] § Glossop (Reginald) The...

Hammer: £300

Wells (H.G.) When the Sleeper Wakes, frontispiece detached, 2 plates, occas...

Hammer: £280

Wells (H.G.) The Island of Dr Moreau, first edition, first issue, frontispi...

Hammer: £280

Wells (H.G.) The Salvaging of Civilization, first American edition, signed ...

Hammer: £240

Wells (H.G.) Tono-Bungay and a Modern Utopia, signed by the author, Odhams P...

Hammer: £240

Wells (Herbert George, novelist and social commentator, 1866-1946)...

Hammer: £240

Wells (H.G.) When the Sleeper Wakes, first edition, staining to bottom fore-...

Hammer: £220

Wells (H.G.) Les Premiers Hommes dans La Lune, first van Maële edition,...

Hammer: £190

Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first English edition, frontispiece...

Hammer: £190

Wells (H.G.) Christina Alberta's Father, first edition, initialed prese...

Hammer: £160

Wells (H.G.) Bealby, a Holiday, first edition, signed by the author on half...

Hammer: £150

Wells (H.G.) First & Last Things, first edition, Autograph Card s...

Hammer: £140

Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first edition, plates, original blue...

Hammer: £120

Wells (H.G., novelist and social commentator, 1866-1946) Autog...

Hammer: £110

Wells (H.G.) The Wonderful Visit, bookplate, cracked hinges, with issue poin...

Hammer: £110

Wells (H.G.) The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, first edition, 39pp. ...

Hammer: £100

Wells (H.G.) The Wonderful Visit, first edition, title in red and black, sca...

Hammer: £100

Wells (H.G.) The Sea Lady, spine faded and a little chipped at head, 1902; T...

Hammer: £100

Wells (H.G.) The Wheels of Change, plates, 10pp. advertisements dated Octob...

Hammer: £90

Wells (H.G.) Meanwhile. The Picture of a Lady, jacket spine ends and corner...

Hammer: £80

Wells (H.G.) When the Sleeper Wakes, first edition, frontispiece and plates...

Hammer: £75

Wells (H.G.) When the Sleeper Wakes, 2 plates only (of 3, lacking frontispi...

Hammer: £70

Wells (H.G.) The War in the Air, and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fa...

Hammer: £70

Wells (H.G.) Floor Games, first edition, photographic plates, illustrations...

Hammer: £65

Wells (H.G.) The Country of the Blind and Other Stories, colour frontispiec...

Hammer: £55

Wells (H.G.) The Outline of History, 24 parts in 2 vol., plates and illustr...

Hammer: £50

H. G. Wells

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