Time Machine Worlds, Signed (13 results)

Hardcover. Two volumes with glassine dust jackets and housed together in slipcase. The War of the Worlds is in red cloth with black and gold label on the spine while The Time Machine is in black cloth with black and red label on the spine. Both volumes are #366 of 1,500 copies signed by the illustrator, Joe Mugnaini. A beautiful set with just a faint amount of cover discoloration to the black cloth binding on The Time Machine - but still overall lovely condition with the original glassine dust jackets showing some sun fading to the spines with a few small tears and a very good slipcase that has light soiling and rubbing on the edges. Photographs upon request.

Hardcover. Mugnaini, Joe (illustrator). Limited edition. #804 0f 1500, two 4to volumes, one full black linen stamped in red and gold, the other full red linen stamped in gold and black. Introduced by J.B. Priestley, illustrated in color by Joe Mugnaini, each volume signed by Mugnaini. Fine in near fine slipcase with original glassine wrappers laid in at the back of each volume. Signed by the artist. Signed.

Hardcover. 4to. Box case. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition Club edition. This is copy #1014 of 1500. This special edition set has textured boards that are clean with pointed corners and embossed titling. Spine is uncreased with straight edges and gold metallic titling. Trivial staining present. Text blocks are straight with speckled sprayed edges. Bindings are tight. You can find the illustrators' signature in red ink on the page just before the rear fly leaf on special editions pages. Limited Editions Club monthly letter remains loose inside. Interior otherwise is completely unmarked with crisp pages. Box case remains in great condition with pointed corners and black and red titling.

Hardcover. Joe Mugnaini (illustrator). Two volumes bound in full linen-weave blind-stamped cloth, one red and the other black, with contrasting spine labels. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Copy #751 of 1500 illustrated with line drawings and 16 full-page color lithographs by Joe Mugnaini with each volume SIGNED by the artist on the colophon pages. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in worn glassines and a Fine slipcase.

The Atlantic edition, one of only 1050 copies, signed by H.G. Wells in volume one, this is number 684. Octavo, 28 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco by Stikeman & Co., gilt titles and tooling to the spine with floral detailing, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece illustrations including the author portrait in volume one. In near fine condition. An exceptional set. H.G. Wells is best remembered for his science fiction novels, and is called the father of science fiction, along with Jules Verne. His most notable works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Joe Mugnaini (illustrator). Limited Editions Club. 2 volumes in moderately worn publisher's slipcase. Near fine, the black cloth has slightly rubbed against the red cloth of The War of the Worlds, else fine. Both volumes are limited, these copies #1169 of 1500, each signed by illustrator Joe Mugnaini on the colophon page.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jackets. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. # 615 of 1500 copies SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR Joe Mugnaini at colophon page of both volumes. Fine books in a Near Fine slipcase, spine and top edge of slipcase a bit soiled and spotted. Monthly Letter of the Club laid in, the letter with creases. Lacking the fragile unprinted glassine jackets. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR. Book.

Hardcover. Limited Edition #174/1500. Large Octavos, Two volumes. In very Good condition. "The Time Machine" bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on red section of spine, "War of the Worlds" bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on black section of spine. Housed in publisher's Very Good pale orange slipcase. Slipcase shows mild shelf wear. Textblocks clean. Signed by Illustrator on colophon page of both volumes. Shelved Case 9 3/4. 1375342. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited. #733/1500. Housed in light brown, near-fine slipcase. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Red and black boards tight and straight. Corners sharp, inner pages crisp and unmarked. Decorative speckled red/blue page edges. Red/black spine titles bright and readable. Both volumes signed on rear limitaton page by illustrator Joe Mugnaini. "The Time Machine features six full-color full-page lithographs. "The War of the Worlds" has 10 similar color plates. Set appears unread.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/As-New. 4to. size., 2 vols in 1 slipcase. These copies #687 of a limited 1500 printed. Full linen-weave cloth in black and red with 2-tone checkerboarded spines, large-scale author initials blind-stamped on the front covers, with butterscotch colored endpapers and text edges speckled blue and red. With an introduction by J.B. Priestley, and both volumes illustrated by Joe Mugnaini with full-color full-page lithographs, who has also signed on the limitation pages. The books are as-new, and do not appear to have ever been read. The butterscotch-colored board slipcase is F- except for a previous collector's label that has been removed, and some very minor marks along the spine. The glassine jackets are both present and whole, with some tearing. Near-pristine copies of two of Wells' greatest classics. In uncertain economic times, invest your hard-earned money in items of lasting value you can hold in hand and enjoy. Signed by Illustrator(s).

One of 20 sets for presentation from an overall edition of 620, this is letter e and Wells has written (Little e), signed by H.G. Wells in volume one, and additionally inscribed by Wells in volume one to his lover Elizabeth von Arnim, "To Little e H.G." With her bookplate to all but two volumes. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winning writer and philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. Though known in early life as May, publication of her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became to her friends and finally even to her family. She is now known invariably as Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pen nameÂAlice CholmondeleyÂonly for the novelÂChristine, published in 1917. According to Katy Roiphe's Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circles 1910-1939, 2008, she "arranged for her married lover (H.G.ÂWells) to visit her Swiss chalet bedroom by means of a hidden entrance". The affectionate inscription confirms that, even after their affair had ended, they remained close friends. Octavo, 28 volumes. Bound in original publishers cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt. Frontispiece illustrations including the author portrait in volume one. In near fine condition. An exceptional association. H.G. Wells is best remembered for his science fiction novels, and is called the father of science fiction, along with Jules Verne. His most notable works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

First Edition. First edition thus. Hardcovers. 188 and 97 pages. An out of series copy from an edition of 1500 that were designed by Peter Oldenburg and printed by A. Colish. Both books features introductions by J.B. Priestley and striking color illustrations by Joseph Mugnain. Both books are in fine condition with publisher blindstamps to the colophon pages and with laid in newsletter for the Limited Editions Club and laid in card from the director and in a very near fine slipcase. No dust jackets. Signed by Joseph Mugnain on the colophon pages of both books. A lovely set of two of Wells most enduring works of science-fiction. Signed.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Omnibus Edition. An omnibus collecting H. G. Wells' best-known works, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, The Food of the Gods, in the Days of the Comet, and Men Like Gods, signed by Wells on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in red. Near Fine with light wear to cloth mostly at extremities, light foxing to textblock edge, former owner name and notation to front free endpaper and pages tanned. In a Good dust jacket, with chipping to corners and spine ends, wear, soiling and fading, with mending tissue repairs made to the verso. A veritable list of the author's best-loved works, which are otherwise very difficult to obtain signed.