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  • Publication: The Time MachinePublication Record # 518314
  • Author: H. G. Wells
  • Date: 2002-00-00
  • Publisher: The Easton Press
  • Pub. Series: The Masterpieces of Science Fiction
  • Pages: xi+108
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Notes:
    • "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
    • "The special contents of this edition are copyright 1964, 1992, © 2002 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication. The introduction by Zebrowski is dated "February 10, 1997".
    • This volume 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.
    • The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back.
    • Pages are gilt-edged and there is a gold satin ribbon bookmark bound into the book.
    • Joseph 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.
    • Frontispiece artist credit on title page, and frontispiece is a portrait painting of Wells.
    • Afterword by Brian W. Aldiss appears to be the same as the Introduction in previous editions and is dated 1986-12-17.
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