Seven Famous Novels - HG Wells (1983 Hardcover)

Seven Famous Novels - HG Wells (1983 Hardcover)

Great nick!

The Food of the Gods

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This collection of science-fiction stories by (18661946) was first published as in 1934. has no explicit title. Cover and spine only mention the authors name, and the full-title lists the names of the included novels; , , , , The Food of the Gods, , and .

The cover and spine are debossed and printed with a gold-coloured metallic ink on a dark red hardcover. The endpapers use a shift-and-repeat design, with the shift chosen so that the left-hand slopes of the W on successive lines all line up.

The half-title, again featuring only the text H.G.WELLS uses an expanding crop-and-repeat design. The same design idea is used on the full title and the contents page, which share a similar design except for minor details such as the publishers imprint on the title, and the text CONTENTS and page numbers on the contents page.