5/20/2023 0 Comments When the sleeper wakes![]() ![]() It is very likely that Wells gave this one to Voysey. Such an early photograph of Wells is uncommon and signed ones are rare. Laid in is a Raphael Tuck and Sons "real photograph" postcard of Wells that is contemporary with the book and signed in ink below the image. In 1900 he was the architect for Spade House, which Wells built in 1900 and lived in for the succeeding decade. The recipient is Charles Voysey, an important English architect and designer who was influenced by the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau movements. ![]() ![]() He was dissatisfied with this first version, saying it was written when he was under time pressures. This dystopian work was first published in 1899, but Wells revised it in 1910 and published it as When the Sleeper Awakes. Wells." Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific writer in many genres but is best remembered for his science fiction novels, of which this is one. An excellent Author's Presentation Copy, inscribed "C.F.A. ![]()
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