THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

Norfolk, CT: The Easton Press, 1964. All edges gilt. Covers and spine lettered are designed in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. Ten color illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, introduction by J.B. Priestley. First published in book form in 1898, it had been serialized in Pearson's Magazine a year before. We are reminded of the "infamous" radio adaptation aired on Hallowe'en, 1938, by Orson Welles, converting the forty-year old novel into a fake news broadcast reporting that Martians were invading New Jersey! (H)erman (G)eorge Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English author, called by many "the father of science fiction".. Collector's Edition. Full Cranberry Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octavo.