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TitleThe Croquet Player
AuthorWells, H.G.
EditionFirst U.S.
PublishedThe Viking Press . New York 1933
IllustratorClifton Line
Description98 pp. With Ills. by Clifton Line . Though slightly discoloured, a wonderfull copy of the 1St. US-Edition of a collectible H.G.Wells. Wrapper gone. First American Edition of this allegorical satire about a man fleeing from his evil dreams, written while Wells was under the influence of the Spanish Civil War. "A fantasy on the contrast between a barbarian 'presence' in the marshes and the narrator's over-civilised insensibility to this danger" (Wells Soc.).
Book conditionFine
Jacket conditionNo Jacket
BindingDecorative Cloth
Book size8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Price 50
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