Wells, H. G.
Collection of works ex libris science-fiction author Christopher Priest (1943-2024)
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 18 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
The following all first edition, no dust jacket unless otherwise stated, occasional dust staining to some of the earliest copies:
Wells, H.G. The Wheels of Chance. London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1896. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. The First Men in the Moon. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901; idem. The Sea Lady. London: Methuen, 1902; idem; Anticipations. London: Chapman & Hall, 1902. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. New Worlds for Old. London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, 1908; idem. The War in the Air. London: George Bell and Sons, 1908; idem. Ann Veronica. London: T Fisher Unwin, 1909; idem. The History of Mr Polly. London: Thomas Nelson, 1910; idem. The New Machiavelli. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1911; idem. Floor Games. London: Frank Palmer, 1911. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. The Passionate Friends. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. The Discovery of the Future. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1913. Bookplate to endpaper; idem. The World Set Free. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914; idem. An Englishman Looks at the World. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1914. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. The Wife of Sir Isaac Haman. Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1914. Bookplate to endpaper; idem. The Research Magnificent. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915. Ink inscription to endpaper; idem. Mr Britling Sees It Through. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1916. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. God the Invisible King. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1917. Ink inscription. idem. In the Fourth Year. London: Chatto & Windus, 1918. idem. The Secret Places of the Heart. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1922. Dust jacket, Christopher Priest ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. Marriage. London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1923. Pencil inscription to free endpaper. idem. Men Like Gods. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1923. idem. Christina Albert's Father. London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. idem. A Year of Prophesying. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. The World of William Clissold. London: Ernest Benn Ltd.,1926. 3 volumes. idem. Mr Belloc Objects. London: Watts & Co., 1926. Dust jacket. Idem. Meanwhile. London: Ernest Benn Ltd.,1927. idem. The Way the World is Going. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. Idem. The King Who Was a King. London: Ernest Benn Ltd.,1929. Dust jacket, ink inscription of Christopher Priest;
together with approx. 50 further books by H.G. Wells and 12 books about the author (approximately 90)