The Correspondence of H G Wells Tapa dura - 1998

Routledge. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Pickering & Chatto, London, first edition, 1998. 4 vols, cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. liii, 458 + vii, 574 + vii, 563 + vii, 629 pp, a few ills. From the publisher's description: "The first major scholarly collection of the correspondence of H G Wells, one of the most prolific and significant writers of the twentieth century. The collection draws on over 50 archives and libraries throughout the world, many of them newly discovered, including the recently deposited papers of Wells's daughter by Amber Reeves. The edition contains 2,800 letters, fewer than 100 of which have previously been published. Letters currently available in other scholarly editions (such as those to George Bernard Shaw and Arnold Bennett) have been deliberately excluded, except where their inclusion seemed essential. A few of the letters are business letters to publishers, agents and secretaries, but the majority are much more personal. Wells's private correspondence extends from letters to President Franklin Delano… Leer más

London, United Kingdom: Pickering & Chatto Publishers 1998. 8vo. 4 volumes. pp. (1)xlix., 458 + (2)vii., 574 + (3)vii., 563 + (4)vii., 629. A fine set, issued without jackets. This collection of H G Wells's correspondence draws on over 50 archives and libraries worldwide, including the papers of Wells's daughter by Amber Reeves. The book contains over 2,000 letters, a few are business - to publishers, agents and secretaries - but the majority are more personal. Wells's private correspondence extends from letters to President Franklin Roosevelt, and Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and A J Balfour to persons such as "Mark Benney", who wrote novels based on his life in the slums and his time in prison. There is correspondence too with his many female friends and lovers, among them, Rebecca West, Eileen Power, Gertrude Stein, Marie Stopes, Lilah MacCarthy, and Dorothy Richardson. For example, a letter from Moura Budberg, with whom Wells had a long-standing affair, which… Leer más

Pickering & Chatto Ltd, 1996. Hardcover. New. 1900 pages. 9.50x6.25x7.00 inches.

Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Limited , pp. 1900 . Hardback. Used.