H.G. Wells – The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman – First Edition 1917
£65.00
A first edition, first printing of The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. Wells published by Macmillan, London in 1914. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original green cloth with gilt titling to the front board with debossed art nouveau design, similarly to the spine, some pushing to the head of the spine, light staining to the text block with gilt top edge, ghosting to the front and rear free end papers, a former retail label to the rear paste-down.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. Wells centres on Lady Harman, a sheltered young woman trapped in a domineering marriage to the authoritarian hotel magnate Sir Isaac. As she becomes involved in women’s suffrage and encounters more progressive thinkers, she awakens to her own desires, intellect and autonomy. Wells uses her struggle to critique patriarchal control, commercial greed and social convention. The novel blends satire with social commentary, charting one woman’s emergence into independence and self-direction.
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A first edition, first printing of The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. Wells published by Macmillan, London in 1914. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original green cloth with gilt titling to the front board with debossed art nouveau design, similarly to the spine, some pushing to the head of the spine, light staining to the text block with gilt top edge, ghosting to the front and rear free end papers, a former retail label to the rear paste-down.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. Wells centres on Lady Harman, a sheltered young woman trapped in a domineering marriage to the authoritarian hotel magnate Sir Isaac. As she becomes involved in women’s suffrage and encounters more progressive thinkers, she awakens to her own desires, intellect and autonomy. Wells uses her struggle to critique patriarchal control, commercial greed and social convention. The novel blends satire with social commentary, charting one woman’s emergence into independence and self-direction.
