WAR AND THE FUTURE: ITALY, FRANCE AND BRITAIN AT WAR
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1917. First Edition. A sharp copy of Wells's reluctant work of war propaganda, written after a tour of the fronts during World War I. "For my own part I did not want to go. I evaded a suggestion that I should go in 1915. I travel badly, I speak French and Italian with incredible atrocity, and am an extreme Pacifist. I hate soldiering. And also I did not want to write anything "under instruction."" Part I was first published in Cassell's Magazine, with portions of Parts III and IV appearing first in The Daily Chronicle and The Daily News between December, 1916-January, 1917; all of the articles were well-received and widely read. An attractive copy in the fragile dustjacket. Wells 62. Item #7303
First Impression. Octavo (21cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-297,[3]pp. Spine ends a bit nudged, some trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, else a fresh, Near Fine copy, with the gilt bright and unrubbed. In the publisher's original printed dustjacket, priced 6/- net at mid-spine; gently spine-sunned, lightly edgeworn, with several tiny nicks, tears, and attendant creases; an unrepaired example, Very Good+ or better.
Price: $1,000.00