[WELLS, H. G. (ed.); WELLS; CATHERINE]. The Book of Catherine Wells. London: Chatto and Windus, 1928.
First edition. Inscribed by H. G. Wells to half-title page. Hardcover. Cloth-bound. Octavo (205 x 125 mm.), pp. [vii], 313. Publisher's original orange cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Blind stamped rule border to front and back covers. B&w tipped-in frontis portrait and three other tipped-in photographic plates. With an introduction by her husband H.G. Wells. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh. Condition: GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Some light soiling to covers, especially along the spine. Some light browning, mostly to endleaves. Minor spotting to fore edge. Inking to half-title by H. G. Wells. Without dust jacket. Scarce thus.
Note: First edition of H.G. Wells' "deeply moving" tribute to his wife, inscribed by him on the half-title page. The collection was published following the death in 1927 of 'Jane' Wells (Amy Catherine Robbins).
