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WELLS, H.G.

Floor Games.

London: Frank Palmer , 1911.

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First edition of H.G. Wells' Floor Games
First edition of Wells’ playful and inventive guide to imaginative floor-based games, a precursor to modern tabletop wargaming. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial cloth, frontispiece, illustrated throughout. In very good condition, inscription on the front free endpaper.
Floor Games (1911) is a work of recreational nonfiction in which H. G. Wells describes and illustrates elaborate imaginative games played on the floor using toy soldiers, blocks, and household objects. Written in a conversational and playful tone, the book outlines rules, scenarios, and techniques for constructing miniature landscapes, while also emphasizing creativity and narrative invention. Though informal in style, the volume is significant as a precursor to modern tabletop and miniature war gaming, reflecting Wells’ broader interest in structured play, social systems, and imaginative world-building.
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