Wells, Herbert George (1866-1946) Four Titles: Three Signed, One with Autograph Letter Signed.

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Wells, Herbert George (1866-1946) Four Titles: Three Signed, One with Autograph Letter Signed. Including: The Stolen Bacillus, and Other Incidents, London: Methuen & Co., 1895, with autograph letter signed 23 August 1909, wherein he mentions that an active imagination may be useful in the warfare of the future, and that writing has kept his imagination very much alive, the book in blue publisher's cloth, housed in a custom box; Tono-Bungay, London: Macmillan & Co., 1909, inscribed on half-title, in publisher's green cloth; The History of Mr. Polly, London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, [1910], signed on title page, bound in publisher's green cloth; [and] The Autocracy of Mr. Parham, London: Heinemann, [1930], signed on ffep, in publisher's red cloth, all octavo. (4)
Estimate $1,000-2,000


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