The Time Machine
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Overview:
- Title: The Time Machine
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Year: 1988
- Publisher: The Easton Press
- Pages: x+98+[6]
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Time Machine
- Notes:
- "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
- "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1964 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication. The date for this record is from Locus1, although it's not easy to confirm it. The introduction by Aldiss is dated at the end as "December 17, 1986" with the statement that it was written exclusively for this volume of the The Masterpieces of Science Fiction. Because of the copyright, many online dealers mistakenly state that it was published in 1964.
- This is a limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
- One of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series, indicated by the logo printed on the endpapers.
- No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
- Unlike most volumes in this series, the title and author are credited on the front cover.
- The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back, but without the title and author credit.
- Pages are gilt-edged and there is a white satin ribbon bookmark bound into the book.
- This oversized book (26 cm) has very wide margins, especially at the bottoms of each page.
- Unlike most volumes in this series, there is no frontispiece.
- Joe Mugnaini's artwork, credited on the title page only, consists of 6 color glossy plates on unnumbered pages and multiple half-page B&W drawings throughout the novel. These are reprinted from the 1964 Heritage Press edition of Wells' The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds, which may explain this book's copyright date.
- "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
- This edition appears to be a partial facsimile reprint of the 1964 Heritage Press edition.
- Verified copy was purchased for approximately $40.00 from the publisher.