World Brain.

First British edition of Wells’ postwar political manifesto advocating international reform and rational world reorganization. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with a two page table. 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. In good condition with sunning to the spine, spotting, and a slight bend to the panels.