The First Men In The Moon

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1] 2-342 [343-344: blank], twelve inserted plates with illustrations by Claude Shepperson, publisher's decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, black endpapers. Textual differences to the US edition issued the same year. With 12 full-page illustrations by Claude Allin Shepperson: these were originally created for the novel's serialisation in The Strand Magazine, which ran from December 1900 to August 1901 (also published by George Newnes). No statement of printing on copyright page. Currey A binding of ''dark blue cloth stamped in gold: black endpapers''. See L. W. Currey: SF & Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography Of First Printings of Their Fiction p. 518. Inked name and date at top corner of front free endpaper, light spotting to endpapers, a solid VG copy.