Books
Title | The Croquet Player |
Author | Wells, H.G. |
Edition | First U.S. |
Published | The Viking Press . New York 1933 |
Illustrator | Clifton Line |
Description | 98 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 condition | Fine |
Jacket condition | No Jacket |
Binding | Decorative Cloth |
Book size | 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall |
Price | 50 |
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