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18985498<p><strong>The first Russian translations of the novel.</strong></p><p>This Russian translation was issued in the same year as the first edition of '<em>The War of the Worlds</em>' was published. The translation appeared in the magazine '<em>Novyi Zhurnal Inostrannoi Literatury Iskusstva i Nauki</em>' 'New Journal of Foreign Literature Art and Science' Nos. 6-9 and this particular copy is an offprint from the magazine. It was also published in 1898 as a separate book in a smaller format with different pagination.</p><p>According to some sources the translator might have been <strong>Konstantin Tolstoi</strong> 1842-1913 a doctor and publicist known for his attempt to translate Shakespeare's '<em>Romeo and Juliet</em>'.</p><p>Later that same year another Russian translation of the novel was released.</p> Novyi Zhurnal Inostrannoi Literatury hardcover
1899000745London: Harper & Bros. 1899. First Edition First Issue . Red Cloth. Very Good . 329 Pp. Red Cloth. First Edition First Issue With Gilt Lettering On Spine And Front Panel. Very Good Front Panel Attractive Spine Slightly Faded And With Slight Soiling And A Few Tiny Spots Of Foxing. A Little Foxing To Edges Of Sheets And On A Few Pages. An Attractive Copy Of A Book Which Does Not Wear Well. Rear Hinge With 2" Long Crack. Front Free Endpaper With Partly Erased Ownership Signature Of Henry W. Bowders Dated July 1899. <br/> <br/> Harper & Bros. hardcover
188827656Edinburgh: T. Nelson & Sons Ltd 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardback. 364 pages. Pinky Beige cover with gilt knight and Black and Red illuminated writing. No inscriptions. T. Nelson & Sons Ltd Hardcover
1896030694London: J. M. Dent And Co. 1896. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Xii 285 Pp. Green Cloth Elaborately Gilt Top Edge Gilt Deckled Foredge And Bottom Edge. 100 Illustrations By Author. First Printing 1896 Date At Bottom Of Title Page. Bookplate Of Larry Mcmurtry Part Of His Fine Collection Of H. G. Wells' Books. Covers Lightly Used No Fraying Or Stains Or Damage No Fading To Spine All Gilt Bright And Complete And Scarce Thus. Parody Of Wells' "Island." On Pp 183-234. <br/> <br/> J. M. Dent And Co. hardcover
1886010143London: Longmans Green & Co./ Chatto and Windus 1886. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Editions Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Three First Edition books bound in one volume consecutively Underwoods Chatto and Windus 1887; The Dynamiter Longmans Green & Co. 1885 and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Longmans Green & Co 1886. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards marbled end papers top edge gilt the bookplate of the Constitutional Club Library at front paste down. The Constitutional Club was a London gentlemen's club established in 1883 and disbanded in 1979 that was closely aligned with the Conservative Party and at one time counted P.G. Wodehouse as a member. Very Good horizontal closed tear at p. 109 of The Dynamiter boards rubbed occasional widely scattered toning. xv 138 1 half-title 207 title 141 pp. Basis for every Dr. Jekyll movie. Longmans, Green & Co./ Chatto and Windus Hardcover
189936434London: Blackie & Son 1899. 1st ed. Hardcover. Paget Wal. 1st ptg. Fantasy about a Lost Race of classical Roman society on an uncharted island in the South Seas. 8 grayscale plates by Wal Paget. Sunday School Attendance Prize label to front pastedowncorners lightly bumped spine ends well-worn very good. Blackie & Son hardcover
1896003496London: John Lane 1896. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First British Edition. First British Edition First Issue with catalog at rear dated 1896. In light brown decorative cloth boards spine titles gilt red decorations and title front board and red key decoration spine and rear board along with 1896 date. Pagination error on title page 26 pages of ads at rear. A Very Good copy. Small booksellers sticker bottom edge rear pastedown that of J.L. McCallum Surrey. About 1/4" of cloth loss at head of spine not affecting title. Contents are clean tight and free of any foxing whatsoever. Edges of pages just starting to brown SCARCE in the true British First Edition and in quite collectible condition. John Lane Hardcover
1857006183Paris: Librairie des Publications Illustrées 1857. Hardcover. Very Good -. Doré Gustave. Nouvelle Édition revue sur les meilleurs textes et particulièrement sur les travaux de J. Le Duchat et de S. L'Aulnaye; Éclaircie quant à l'Orthographie et à la ponctuation et accompagnée de notes succinctes et d'un glossaire par Louis Barré; illustrations par Gustave Doré." 2 339 3 p. frontispiece and 14 leaves of plates: in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Plain red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. All page edges speckled red. Text is in columns. Includes a glossary. Bookdealer's label on back fixed endpaper of Joseph McDonough Co. Albany N.Y. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; cover lightly soiled; scattered foxing; otherwise clean and tight. Librairie des Publications Illustrées hardcover
1898FA15London & NY: F. Tennyson Neely 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing1898 Green cloth border in line of red with lettering in silver on front and spine; 312pp ads. Fantasy novel; a secret ancient mystic order clairvoyance occult elements. Bleiler II p.158. Spine sunned with edges and corners of cloth a little dingy; small star-stamp on front pastedown; minor soiling pps4 & 5 with tiny tear at top edge of p.4. F. Tennyson Neely Hardcover
1884008072London: Reeves and Turner 1884. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition Thus with Preface by A.H. Bullen. Two volumes in contemporary half morocco and marbled boards raised bands gilt top edge gilt marbled end papers the small bookplate of Herbert M. Allen Cambridge front paste downs. Near Fine light rubs at corners and raised bands. Paltock's classic imaginary voyage originally published in 1751 this edition especially desirable for Bullen's reviews of the history of its writing publication and its influence on later writers like Dickens Hunt Lamb Coleridge et al. After creating this wonderful world of winged women exotic creatures and fanciful civilizations Paltock tried his hand at a similar work featuring a dog-bird see Bleiler but for some reason it never took off. Bleiler p.162. Reeves and Turner Hardcover
189836432London: Digby Long & Co 1898. Hardcover. 1st ed. stated 2nd ptg. on title page. 8vo pictorial blue-gray cloth printed in red orange black and silver publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel top and bottom edges untrimmed light green floral patterned endpapers tanned. 16-page publisher's catalogue dated "November 1896" inserted at rear inserted frontispiece with illustration initialed "C.H.S." title page printed in red and black. Period bookplate and sticker for Foyle's Bookstore Charing Cross affixed to front pastedown. Bumps to all corners mild foxing to preliminary pages. Digby Long & Co hardcover
1897HW03London: Jarrold & Sons 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1897. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in red and gilt on front and spine; publsiher's device in blind on rear. Paper has tanned especially end and following pages; bookplate removal; shelf wear wth a lower foredge bump to corner of the boards. Jarrold & Sons Hardcover
1900006290New York: New Amsterdam Book Co. 1900. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE in either the British or American First Editions this copy the American with the American publisher listed above the British on the title page and with different colors to the cloth and the artwork. 320 pp. printed without the 46 page publisher's catalogue seen in the British edition. In the original publisher's grey cloth lettering in green pictorial artwork to spine and front cover in green red black and white. Very Good cloth rubbed at spine ends corners a bit bumped and rubbed. small "Brentano's Booksellers" label bottom edge rear paste down. Contents clean and unmarked with absolutely no foxing or toning a quite handsome copy containing 12 stories from this master of the macabre Richard Marsh who is best known for his classic novel of supernatural horror "The Beetle" 1897. New Amsterdam Book Co. Hardcover
190027302London: Nelson 1900. Book. Fair. Hardback. First. 4vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 315 pages No inscription Loose pages to introduction and free end paper. Nelson Hardcover
1872025507Philadelphia: J B Lippincott & Co 1871 1872. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth Gilt. Very Good . 6 7/8' Tall. 203 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt And Black Lettering And Design Two Blank Front Free Endpapers Two Blank Rear Free Endpapers The Elaborate Green Cloth Binding Being Very Similar To Strahan's 1871 London First Edition And The 1871 Routledge New York Printing But With No Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine And Lippincott Name And 1872 Date On Title Page The Actual Publication Date Of This Lippincott Edition Is Cited As December 1871 And As Lippincott Was Strahan's American Publisher At This Time It Seems Likely That This Edition Is The First Authorized American Edition. The Strahan Edition Has "Goblin" On Spine And Cover In Black But In The Routledge And This Lippincott Edition That Word On The Spine Is In Gilt. 30 B/W Illustrations In The Text Half-Page At Center Of Pages Signed With The Dalziels' Name In Plural And Hughes' Initials. Very Well Preserved Covers Clean All Gilt And Black Complete And Strong All Gilt Still Brilliant Rubbing And Wear To Cloth At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips A Few Frays At Top And Bottom Of Spine And Pinpoint Frays At Three Of The Tips; Hinges Tight Original Off White Coated Endpapers No Cracking To Hinges No Names Or Marks No Repairs Slight Spine Lean. Display Quality. <br/> <br/> J B Lippincott & Co [1871] hardcover
1889KA03Cinncinati: Robert Clarke Co. 1889. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 1st printing 1889. Tan cloth lettered in gold on front. A slim volume; 39pps; green floral design on white endpages. An early trip to the moon via "green electricity". Author writes "Kind regards of the writer" but hasn't signed it. Endpages splitting at hinges else Very Good Binding still very tight. Scarce. Robert Clarke Co. Hardcover
188560536MacMillan London 1885. Reprint Seventy-Fifth Thousand. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: John Tenniel. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". 192 pp. Hinges cracked webbing exposed. Spine faded with chips to ends. Marking front/rear pages. Scattered foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription in ink. All edges gilt in good condition. Covers marked and creased. Corners bumped. Illustrator: John Tenniel. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Science Fiction & Fantasy. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 60536. . MacMillan hardcover
1897017305London: Jarrold & Sons 1897. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This book is the first edition the covers are Blue with gilt and red wording and decoration the rear cover is embossed with the publishers logo. The spine has gilt and red decoration but it is sunned. The binding is tight. This is the first printing as it does not include the four plates which were inserted in later printings Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Jarrold & Sons hardcover
1896DC631NY: The Morse Co. 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1896. Black cloth decorated and stamped on front and spine in white and rear board is in blind. In Bleiler's Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Bookplate. Scarce. The Morse Co. Hardcover
1896D2006Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1896; "The Lotos Library". 16mo; original yellow/beige cloth lettered & decorated in green; 193pp; 4 inserted plates. Lost Race fantasy adventure: last of a great Indian race; a sacred treasure and a form of metempsychosis. 2 inch square ownership label on pastedown moderate spotting tiny brown spots on upper front cover & some on rear & spine. Very Good copy with hinges sound & text & plates clean. Very scarce. J. B. Lippincott Co. Hardcover
1890D1911London: George Routledge & Sons 1890. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printingFirst issue 1890 "Note" page lacks copyright statement which is includes with second printing. Original pebbled red cloth lettered in stamped gilt on front and spine and bordered in blind on front and rear; 3662pp ads; black endpages. 19 stories some supernatural fantasy & criminous by one half of Gilbert & Sullivan. Very slight slant; spine a tad sunned; small stain p. 323. George Routledge & Sons Hardcover
1873007276Boston: Roberts Brothers 1873. First American Edition . Green Cloth. Good. 287 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt Brown Endpapers. First English Language Printing. A Bright Clean Copy Showing Wear At Edges With Fraying At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips. Gilt Lettering And Design All Still Bright And Clear. Green Cloth Split Or Worn Through In A Thin Line Along Much Of Rear Spine Edge Which Could Be Repaired. Internally Tight But Somewhat Foxed Pages. Previous Owner's Name. Hinges And Rear Board Cracked. Two Front Endpapers Detached But Present. An Important Collection Of Early Science Fiction Stories Scarce In Any Early Edition. <br/> <br/> Roberts Brothers hardcover
1891HW08NY: Fords Howard and Hulbert 1891. Book. Very Good to Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1891. Blue cloth lettered & decorated in gilt on spine; 222 pages 7 pages of ads. Wright III 1875 listing only 2 holdings; Sargent Utopian Literature 1891 "Eutopia of perfected human beings after death"; "After-life fantasy a substantial proportion of which is devoted to describing a Utopian civilisation on a planet round a star remote from our solar system." Locke Spectrum of Fantasy Vol. 1 p.84. Several tiny spots foredge; mild extremity wear; small round purple ink stamp on front free endpaper; on last 2 blanks in very neat pencil there are comments about the book's theme etc. Hinges sound text paper and cloth clean; gilt lettering bright. Scarce. Fords, Howard, and Hulbert Hardcover
1895JBA02Atlanta: Third World Publishing Co. Press of C. P. Byrd 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1895. Blue cloth lettered in gold on front and black on spine; 313pp. Lost race of Polarians in arctic whose origin appears Roman. In Bleiler Science Fiction: The Early Years. Minor ink markings bottom of one page; small piece off margin of two pages at foredge; pages tanning. Rare. Third World Publishing Co., Press of C. P. Byrd Hardcover
1817025441London: John Murray 1817. First Edition Thus . Original Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8 3/8 " Tall. I 210; I Viii 214. Quarter Calf 6 Compartments Black Morocco Title Label. First Combined And Complete Edition With Fifth Edition Of The First Part Third Edition Of The Second Part Including The Appendix At The End Of The Second Part First Printed Here In This Third Edition Of Part Ii. Original Quarter Morocco Over Marbled Boards With Preliminary And Final Blanks No Ads No Pages Between The Two Parts Except The Title Page For Part Ii. Wear To Edges Joints And Hinges Solid Joints Beginning To Crack At Edges Fraying To Tips. Ancient Ownership Name Of George Wood No Other Names Or Marks. This Edition With The First Printing Of The Appendix Is Quite Scarce. <br/> <br/> John Murray unknown
