The War in the Air and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted

Overview:

• Title: The War in the Air and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted
• Author: H. G. Wells
• Year: 1941
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Price: -/9
• Pages: 254
• Binding: Paperback
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: Preface to the 1921 Edition (The War in the Air)
• Notes:
  Dated 1st printing of this 1941 edition. Title page:
  • "The War in the Air [over] and Particularly How [over] Mr. Bert Smallways Fared [over] While It Lasted [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:
  • "First published in Penguin Books 1941"
  • "Made and printed in Great Britain for Penguin Books Limited [over] by Wyman and Sons, Ltd., London, Fakenham and Reading"
  Back cover:
  • Advert for Linovent.
  Spine:
  • "The War in the Air", "343"
  No price on book. Exact date/price from the Penguin First Editions website. Tuck notes the book has no price. The author photograph is signed "Howard Coster" and below is a short biography/bibliography of Wells. This print portrait is held by The National Portrait Gallery, London, catalogue no. NPG x2146, taken by Coster in 1934. The identical portrait appeared in this publication. For the portrait, see here. ToC on page 5. The 4-paragraph 1921 Preface is signed "H. G. Wells. [over] Easton Glebe, 1921" on first numbered page, 8. The 1-paragraph 1941 Preface is signed "H. G. Wells." on unnumbered page 9. Page 11 is unnumbered. Chapter VII is titled 'The Vaterland is Disabled' above the work, but 'The "Vaterland" is Disabled' in the ToC. Novel finishes on last numbered page, 254. Textured gloss cover.