The War of the Worlds

Overview:

• Title: The War of the Worlds
• Author: H. G. Wells
• Year: 2005
• ISBN-10: 0141441038
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Price: £6.99
• Pages: xxxvi+199
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: The War of the Worlds
• Notes:
  Stated 1st printing of this 2005 edition, by number line. Title page:
  • "H. G. Wells [over] The War of the Worlds"
  • "Edited by Patrick Parrinder"
  • "With an Introduction by Brian Aldiss"
  • "and Notes by Andy Sawyer"
  • "Penguin Books"
  Copyright page:
  • "Penguin Books"
  • "Published by the Penguin Group"
  • "Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England"
  • "First published 1898"
  • "This edition first published in Penguin Classics 2005"
  • Number line: "1"
  • "Text copyright © the Literary Executors of the Estate of H. G. Wells"
  • "Biographical Note, Further Reading, Note on the Text copyright © Patrick Parrinder, 2005"
  • "Introduction copyright © Brian Aldiss, 2005"
  • "Appendix and Notes copyright © Andy Sawyer, 2005"
  • "Printed in England by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc"
  Back cover:
  • "Penguin Classics"
  • "Cover image: Screenprint by Kate Gibb © 2004"
  • "U.K. £6.99, CAN. $18.00, U.S.A. $7.00"
  • "ISBN 0-141-44103-8"
  Month/day from Amazon UK as of 2024-03-20. Locus1 gives incorrect price £7.99. Pages vii, xiii, xxx, xxxii, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 181, 182, 183, 187 are unnumbered. Biographical Note is signed, page xii, "Patrick Parrinder". Introduction is signed, page xxix, "Brian Aldiss". Further Reading is signed, page xxxi, "P. P.". Note on the Text is signed, page xxxvi, "P. P.". Half-title page 1. ToC pages 3 and 4. Novel starts page 5, finishes page 180. Note on Places in the Novel is signed, page 185, "Andy Sawyer". Notes is signed, page 199, "A.S.". Gloss cover.