H.G. Wells.

First edition of Ivor Brown’s early critical biography of H.G. Wells, offering contemporary assessment of the author’s life and literary influence. Octodecimo, original publisher’s cloth, photograph of H. G. Wells by Hoppe. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into the 2006 Academy Award nominee film of the same name by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, and Michael Caine. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Edited by Bertram Christian. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.