1923 Men Like Gods

Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition, first issue of this work, in the first issue Currey 'A' binding, with back strip publisher's imprint stamped in gilt, as called for. With printer's code F.200.123 to page 304, as called for.

Currey, p. 521.

In Wells's novel, Mr. Barnstaple, a disillusioned journalist, is accidentally transported from Earth into a parallel Utopia, a society free of disease, government, and sectarian religion, organized around the “Five Principles of Liberty”.

Ultimately, Barnstaple is sent back to Earth, inspired to work toward a utopian transformation of his world, though warned that premature intervention could do more harm than good.

With a 1923 former owner's inscription, from J. Howe, to the front free endpaper.