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WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897.
8vo. Half–title, title printed in red and black; 2pp. integral advertisement leaf at end. Original pictorial red cloth gilt (spine a bit sunned, some darkening at extremes, small stain to upper cover, hinges cracked, lacking rear free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION, first printed serially in Pearson's Weekly in June and July 1897. The story, as given in this London edition, ends with the death of Griffin in Chapter XXVIII, but the first American edition included a short epilogue in which Thomas Marvell, who has kept the papers of the dead Griffin, is pictured as the proprietor of an inn called “The Invisible Man.” Currey p. 520; Wells 11.