Experiment In Autobiography 2 Volumes (First edition hardcover) - Wells, H. G.

Writings About Sex / The Samurai - in Utopia and in the Fabian Society (1905-9) / The Great War and my Resort to God (1914-16) / Cerebration at Large and Brains in Key Positions etc. Experiment in Autobiography is an autobiographical work by H.G. Wells, originally published in two volumes. He began to write it in 1932, and completed it in the summer of 1934. It is divided into eight chapters (the last two of which are more than 100 pages long) which are divided in toto into 56 sections. Some sections are narrative, while others include long digressions into matters philosophical, political, sociological, or biographical. Experiment in Autobiography was well received by friends and reviewers, many of whom regarded the work as a masterpiece. It also earned the appreciation of some who were portrayed in it, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Sales, though, fell short of Wells's expectations. (Wikipedia).

Hardcover. English. Victor Gollancz/The Cresset Press, London. 1934. 414 pp. Frontis. / v2: 840 pp illustrated with 44 black and white drawings and photographs of Wells, his wife and other writers, throughout book. In slightly marked orange cloth, with very light foxing on end papers and foxing on fore-edges. DW edge worn at top but otherwise in surprisal good condition. Previous owner's name inside. Book No: 502230