H.G. Wells – War and the Future – Italy, France and Britain at War – First Edition 1917
£65.00
A first edition, first printing of War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells, published by Cassell, London in 1917. A very good book without inscriptions, boards bound in crimson cloth with debossed titling to the front board, gilt titling to the spine, pushing to the head of the spine with some fading, toning and spotting to the text block, ghosting to prelims, a former retail label to the rear paste-down.
War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War is H. G. Wells’ reportage from the Western Front during World War I, based on his visits to France and Italy. He describes trench conditions, new military technologies and the human cost of industrialised warfare. Wells argues that air power, mechanisation and scientific organisation will shape future conflicts and insists that lasting peace requires international co-operation. The book blends observation, analysis and advocacy, urging readers to confront the war’s transformative implications.
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A first edition, first printing of War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells, published by Cassell, London in 1917. A very good book without inscriptions, boards bound in crimson cloth with debossed titling to the front board, gilt titling to the spine, pushing to the head of the spine with some fading, toning and spotting to the text block, ghosting to prelims, a former retail label to the rear paste-down.
War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War is H. G. Wells’ reportage from the Western Front during World War I, based on his visits to France and Italy. He describes trench conditions, new military technologies and the human cost of industrialised warfare. Wells argues that air power, mechanisation and scientific organisation will shape future conflicts and insists that lasting peace requires international co-operation. The book blends observation, analysis and advocacy, urging readers to confront the war’s transformative implications.
