H.G. Wells – In The Days Of The Comet – First Edition 1906
£150.00
A first edition, first printing of In The Days of The Comet by H. G. Wells published by Macmillan, London in 1906. A very good copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original green cloth with with debossed design and gilt titling to the front board, gilt titling to the spine, some pushing to the spine tips, pushing to the corners and light shelf wear to the boards, toning 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.
In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells follows William Leadford, a disillusioned young man whose personal turmoil coincides with global unrest. When a green comet’s gases transform Earth’s atmosphere, humanity undergoes a profound moral and psychological awakening. Violence, jealousy and social conflict dissolve into co-operative enlightenment. Wells uses this cosmic event to imagine a utopian rebirth, exploring themes of love, class struggle and human perfectibility as individuals and societies reform themselves under a new, peaceful consciousness.
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A first edition, first printing of In The Days of The Comet by H. G. Wells published by Macmillan, London in 1906. A very good copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original green cloth with with debossed design and gilt titling to the front board, gilt titling to the spine, some pushing to the spine tips, pushing to the corners and light shelf wear to the boards, toning 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.
In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells follows William Leadford, a disillusioned young man whose personal turmoil coincides with global unrest. When a green comet’s gases transform Earth’s atmosphere, humanity undergoes a profound moral and psychological awakening. Violence, jealousy and social conflict dissolve into co-operative enlightenment. Wells uses this cosmic event to imagine a utopian rebirth, exploring themes of love, class struggle and human perfectibility as individuals and societies reform themselves under a new, peaceful consciousness.
