The First Men in the Moon.

First Edition of H.G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon; In the Exceptionally Rare Dust Jacket

The First Men in the Moon.

WELLS, H.G.

$72,000.00

Item Number: 124595

London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901.

First edition, first issue binding of Wells’ classic work. Octavo, original cloth, 12 plates by Claude Shepperson. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Exceptionally rare in the original dust jacket, especially in this condition.

The First Men in the Moon tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists: a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford; and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites".

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