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The war of the worlds /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 (Author)
Other Authors: Goble, Warwick (Illustrator), Rowe, Cosmo, 1877-1952 (Illustrator), Walker, John Brisben, 1847-1931 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Irvington-on-the-Hudson, New York : Cosmopolitan Press, 1897.
Subjects:
Imaginary wars and battles > Fiction.
Space warfare > Fiction.
Human-alien encounters > Fiction.
Martians > Fiction.
Mars (Planet) > Fiction.
Science fiction.
Serialized fiction.
Novels.
Description
Item Description:Story was first printed serially in Pearson's magazine in the UK and in Cosmopolitan "an illustrated monthly magazine" in the United States (April to December, 1897).
Illustrated primarily by Warwick Goble; illustrations by Cosmo Rowe appear in the first, second, and fifth part.
The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy is 9 whole serial numbers housed in custom clamshell case.
Physical Description:9 parts (various pagings) : illustrations ; 25 cm