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TOMALIN**, CLAIRE: : THE YOUNG H. G. WELLS - Changing the world

LONDON.VIKING/an imprint of Penguin Books,2021.

ISBN 9780241239971.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around matt black background with gilt and metallic bronze illustration elements [assorted wheel shapes,cogs etc,and a flying saucer with tendrils] pictorially illustrated design to front of dw/dj,with capitalised,matt white-lettered part+sub-title,author's capitalised, metallic bronze-lettered name and a critic's [Hilary Mantel] white-lettered review below that,at front's lower edge.Spine/backstrip with thumbnail metallic bronze flying saucer illustraion at its head,a decorative gilt bordered,capitalised gilt-lettered part-title,author's similarly coloured+lettered name as the front's,and publisher's capitalised,gilt-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with subject's b/w oval portrait photograph with bronze+gilt decoration around and alternating bronze and gilt lettered words of H. G. WELLS (bronze) WRITER (gilt) MAVERICK (bronze) ICONOCLAST (bronze) VISIONARY (gilt). Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean, with slight ageing/toning and without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished sharp-cornered,original plain royal blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked metallic bronze gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain burnt orange endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xpp+2-256pp [paginated] includes verso(s) of separate Contents+Illustrations lists/tables,a Preface,20 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w,sepia subject biographical photographs and similarly other familial and his contemporaries and a single modern colour photograph of Uppark; a Bibliography,Books by H. G. Wells (1893-1911),Notes,Acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title page, an epigrams page,and to the rear,6pp blanks.  Visually the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal fault described [toning] that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightness,cleanliness and lack of other detracting faults. See also my book ID rja806118 for a UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn of 'Charles Dickens: A Life.' by this same author. A fascinating journey into the early life of H.G. Wells, the father of science fiction,from one of Britain's best biographers.How did the first forty years of H. G. Wells' life shape the father of science fiction? From his impoverished childhood in a working-class English family,to his determination to educate himself at any cost,to the serious ill health that dominated his twenties and thirties,his complicated marriages,and love affair with socialism,the first forty years of H. G. Wells' extraordinary life would set him on a path to become one of the world's most influential writers. The sudden success of 'The Time Machine' and 'The War of The Worlds' transformed his life and catapulted him to international fame; he became the writer who most inspired Orwell and countless others,and predicted men walking on the moon seventy years before it happened.  In this remarkable, empathetic biography, Claire Tomalin paints a fascinating portrait of a man like no other,driven by curiosity and desiring reform,a socialist and a futurist whose new and imaginative worlds continue to inspire today.                                      Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                                            

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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