H.G. Wells – Bealby – First Edition 1915
£45.00
A first edition, first printing of Bealby by H. G. Wells, published by Methuen, London in 1915. A very good copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original blue cloth, debossed title and floral cartouche to the front board, similarly gilt title and floral cartouche to the spine, pushing to the spine tips, some light shelf-wear to the boards and fading to the spine, toning to the text block, spotting to the prelims, a former retail label to the rear paste-down.
Bealby by H. G. Wells follows a mischievous young servant who, after accidentally ruining a grand dinner, flees the estate and stumbles into a series of chaotic adventures. Pursued by bewildered adults, Bealby’s escapades satirise rigid social hierarchies and the pretensions of Edwardian society. Through farce and gentle humour, Wells contrasts childish spontaneity with adult hypocrisy, ultimately portraying the boy’s flight as a comic quest for freedom in a world obsessed with order, propriety and authority
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A first edition, first printing of Bealby by H. G. Wells, published by Methuen, London in 1915. A very good copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original blue cloth, debossed title and floral cartouche to the front board, similarly gilt title and floral cartouche to the spine, pushing to the spine tips, some light shelf-wear to the boards and fading to the spine, toning to the text block, spotting to the prelims, a former retail label to the rear paste-down.
Bealby by H. G. Wells follows a mischievous young servant who, after accidentally ruining a grand dinner, flees the estate and stumbles into a series of chaotic adventures. Pursued by bewildered adults, Bealby’s escapades satirise rigid social hierarchies and the pretensions of Edwardian society. Through farce and gentle humour, Wells contrasts childish spontaneity with adult hypocrisy, ultimately portraying the boy’s flight as a comic quest for freedom in a world obsessed with order, propriety and authority
