The First Men in the Moon.
"Into the dark, into that silence that has no end": First Edition of H.G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon
The First Men in the Moon.
WELLS, H.G.
Item Number: 115469
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901.
First edition, first issue binding of Wells’ classic work. Octavo, original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gilt, black coated endpapers, plates with illustrations by Claude Shepperson. In near fine condition, name to the front pastedown. A nice example.
The First Men in the Moon tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists: a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford; and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites".
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