Phœnix: A Summary of the Inescapable Conditions of World Reorganisation.

First edition of Wells’ influential political manifesto calling for global reorganization in the aftermath of the First World War. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated, and features a stylized phoenix emblem on the title page. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. 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 very good condition with staining to the spine.