• Publication: The Early H. G. WellsPublication Record # 614633
• Authors: Bernard Bergonzi, H. G. Wells
• Date: 1961-00-00
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Price:
  21/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: 226
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NONFICTION
• Notes: • First UK edition • Price from Tuck • Speculative fiction content only. Although it contains two fictional works by Wells [Reginald notes "several"], the focus of the book is on the essays about them so the book is classified as nonfiction.
• External IDs:
  • Bleiler Early Years: 187
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 8832381
  • Reginald-1: 01170

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• A Tale of the Twentieth Century • (1887) • short fiction by H. G. Wells
• The Chronic Argonauts • (1888) • novelette by H. G. Wells