{"product_id":"the-first-men-in-the-moon-by-h-g-wells-1901-first-edition","title":"THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON BY H. G. WELLS 1901 FIRST EDITION","description":"\u003cp\u003e[WELLS, H. G.]. \u003cstrong\u003eThe First Men in the Moon. \u003c\/strong\u003eLondon: George Newnes, 1901.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIRST UK EDITION, SECOND STATE BINDING. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (20 x 13 x 3.5 cm); pp. vii, [1], 342 + final blank leaf, frontispiece and eleven other full-page b\u0026amp;w plates by Claude Shepperson. English text. Bound in publisher's original mid-blue cloth, spine lettered and blocked in black with design of crescent moon and cloud, upper cover lettered and blocked in black with formal design incorporating twelve Chinese lantern-style flowers with interlacing stems against a radiating sun. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight secure and square, neat contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper, bookseller's circular embossed stamp on rear endpaper, spine ends a little rubbed, very slight foxing to extreme fore-edge, otherwise excellent. Notes: A handsome copy of the first edition, second state binding with plain white endpapers. A wonderful science fiction novel about a journey to the Moon by two Englishmen who discover that a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilization of insect-like creatures inhabit the lunar interior. [Hammond B7].\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFR Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56938678419831,"sku":null,"price":275.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/6872\/8995\/files\/image_eda47f35-2018-4d97-8103-9767abdc2bfd.jpg?v=1774571257","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksboutique.com\/products\/the-first-men-in-the-moon-by-h-g-wells-1901-first-edition","provider":"MFR Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}