Wells, H. G. | The War of the Worlds, Martians attack from the titan of science fiction

Wells, H. G. 

The War of the Worlds. London: Heinemann, 1898

8vo, 16pp. of publisher's advertisements from Autumn, 1897 at rear; light spotting to prelims. Original grey cloth lettered in black on upper board and spine, publisher's logo in black on lower board; bumped at corners, spine toned. Half morocco slipcase.

First edition.

"Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us."