1898 1st ed HG Wells Wheels of Chance Holiday Cycling

1898 1st ed HG Wells Wheels of Chance Holiday Cycling Classic Novel Illustrated

“What on earth would a man do with himself, if something did not stand in his way?”

– H.G. Wells

Herbert George Wells was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, satire, biography, and autobiography, including even a book on war games. He is best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback.

This book ‘The Wheels of Chance’ is one of his lesser known works which came to be a “classic novel of the early days of cycling” (Hammond) about a draper’s apprentice who goes cycling. This 1896 first edition includes 40 illustrations by J. Ayton Symington!

Item number: #10050

Price: $399

WELLS, H.G.

The wheels of chance: a holiday adventure

London: J.M. Dent; New York: Macmillan Co., 1896. First Edition.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xiii, 313p

40 illustrations

Reference: Hammond p 6;

Language: English

Binding: Cloth; tight and secure

Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent