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43. The History of Mr. Polly WELLS, H. G.
Thomas and Nelson, 1910. First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth with white enamel title panel to spine lettered in gilt, in rare pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine, crisp dustwrapper with just a trace of wear and a touch of tanning to the spine. An excep- tional copy. [44364] £3,000 Although Wells is celebrated for his ‘Scientific Romances’, The History of Mr Polly is widely re- garded as a comic masterpiece and the author’s most enduring literary work. Naturally rare in the dustwrapper.
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