![]() Its earliest readers grasped its significance: as one contemporary review states, "So far as our knowledge goes has produced that rarity which Solomon declared to be not merely rare but non-existent-a 'new thing under the sun'" (Bergonzi, 41). In 1894 Wells "began writing what he called 'single sitting stories' using his special knowledge of science, culminating in the publication of his novella The Time Machine in 1895… It was an immediate success" (Gunn, From Gilgamesh to Wells, 337). Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First issue with first priority sixteen-page publisher’s catalogue at end. Octavo, original cloth, front panel and spine stamped in purple with sphinx vignette. ![]() ![]() First English edition of Wells’ groundbreaking “scientific romance”- a work generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposely and selectively forwards or backwards in time. ![]()
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