A Grotesque Romance.
London, C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897
Probably the most famous of Wells' 'scientific romances', in which a scientist finds a way of turning himself invisible without the means to make himself visible again. Wells explores the morality of being able to go unseen, which causes the protagonist to become mentally unstable.
Originally serialised in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, The Invisible Man was published as a novel the same year. An exceptional copy, scarce thus.
First edition, first impression; 8vo; age-toning to text block, heavier to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's pictorial red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, spine slightly faded, small mark to top edge of upper cover, minor rubbing to extremities, else very good.
Originally serialised in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, The Invisible Man was published as a novel the same year. An exceptional copy, scarce thus.
First edition, first impression; 8vo; age-toning to text block, heavier to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's pictorial red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, spine slightly faded, small mark to top edge of upper cover, minor rubbing to extremities, else very good.
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