The World of William Clissold: A Novel at a New Angle

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Overview:

Title: The World of William Clissold: A Novel at a New Angle
Author: H. G. Wells
Year: 1926
Publisher: Ernest Benn
Pages: xvi+797
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The World of William Clissold
Notes:
- Published initially in three volumes. The first volume was published in September to coincide with Wells's sixtieth birthday, and the second and third volumes followed at monthly intervals.
- Page numbers continue across the 3 volumes. Detailed page description: V. 1: [xvi]+245, [246, blank], [1, advertisements], [1, blank]; V. 2: [247-254], 255-601, [602, blank]; V. 3: [603-606], 607-885, [1, blank]
- Data from Wikipedia.
- OCLC: 718593343 --as "E. Benn", 884 pp; with list of contents in six books
- Cover artists per SFE "William Rothenstein and David Low", by inspection vols 1 and 3 and vol 2 respectively
From contemporary newspaper advertisements, notices, reviews, and more (eg, the publication in stages, the "New Angle" autobiography or fiction, the responses of featured living people) -- Price 7s/6d each volume -- The preface was published in The Observer 1926-06-27, see pp 6, 8, 15. -- The three volumes were published in London -09-01, -10-01, -11-01 (Wed, Fri, Mon). -- (The first U.S. edition was published at once 1926-09-30, in two volumes boxed.)