H. G. Wells

WELLS, H. G., 1866 to 1946

H. G. Wells

English writer.

Books
29
Editions tracked
41
First editions
20
Nationality
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Earliest first editionThe First Men in the MoonOdhams Press, 1900 Most editions trackedThe History of Mr. Polly3 editions
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First editions, year by year

  1. 1900The First Men in the MoonOdhams Press
  2. 1900The New MachiavelliCollins' Clear-Type Press
  3. 1900The Short Stories of H.G. WellsOdhams Press
  4. 1904The Food of the GodsMacmillan
  5. 1905A Modern UtopiaThomas Nelson
  6. 1905KippsMacmillan
  7. 1906In the Days of the CometMacmillan
  8. 1908The War in the AirG. Bell
  9. 1909Tono-BungayMacmillan
  10. 1909Ann VeronicaT. Fisher Unwin
  11. 1910The History of Mr. PollyT. Nelson
  12. 1911The Country of the BlindT. Nelson
  13. 1914The World Set FreeMacmillan
  14. 1919The Outline of HistoryNewnes
  15. 1919The Journal of a Disappointed ManChatto & Windus
  16. 1922A Short History of the WorldCassell
  17. 1923Men Like GodsCassell
  18. 1933The Shape of Things to ComeHutchinson
  19. 1981Three More Novels of the FutureDoubleday
  20. 2003Dream of Armageddon IllustratedOutrigger Publications
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H. G. Wells was born in 1866 and died in 1946.

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We track 29 books by H. G. Wells across 41 editions, 20 of them first editions.

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