The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance

Overview:

  • Title: The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance
  • Author: H. G. Wells
  • Year: 1941
  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Pages: 141
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance
  • Notes:
    Dated 6th printing of the August 1938 edition. See below, stated as July 1938. Title page:
    • "The Invisible Man [over] A Grotesque Romance [over] by [over] H. G. Wells"
    • Penguin colophon [over] "Penguin Books [over] Harmondsworth Middlesex England [over] 41 East 28th Street New York U.S.A."
    Copyright page:
    • "Re-Issue"
    • "Copyright"
    • "First Impression June 1926"
    • "Second Impression September 1926"
    • "Third Impression January 1927"
    • "Fourth Impression May 1927"
    • "Fifth Impression February 1928"
    • "Sixth Impression October 1928"
    • "Seventh Impression March 1929"
    • "Eighth Impression December 1929"
    • "Ninth Impression July 1930"
    • "Tenth Impression January 1931"
    • "Eleventh Impression September 1931"
    • "Twelfth Impression June 1932"
    • "Thirteenth Impression November 1932"
    • "Fourteenth Impression April 1933"
    • "Fifteenth Impression October 1933"
    • "Sixteenth Impression November 1933"
    • "Seventeenth Impression December 1933"
    • "Eighteenth Impression February 1934"
    • "Nineteenth Impression April 1934"
    • "Twentieth Impression August 1935"
    • "Published in Penguin Books July 1938" (26 August 1938, according to the Penguin First Editions site)
    • "Second Impression January 1939"
    • "Third Impression July 1939"
    • "Fourth Impression January 1940"
    • "Fifth Impression June 1940"
    • "Sixth Impression April 1941"
    • "Made and printed in Great Britain by [over] Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd., London and Aylesbury"
    Back cover:
    • Advert for Pears Soap.
    Spine:
    • "151"
    No price on book. ToC starts on first numbered page, 7, finishes page 8. Novel ends numbered page 141. All pages are stapled (x2) and glued. Cover is not stapled. Below the uncredited frontispiece photograph of the author is a short biography/bibliography of Wells. Credit for the identical author photograph is from this publication. Textured gloss cover.

    Note: There are images available showing 3 different configurations of the penguin colophon, for different printings of this title.