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H. G. Wells Autograph Letter Signed

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
H. G. Wells Autograph Letter Signed
<B>H. G. Wells Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> "<I>H.G</B></I>", one page on personal letterhead, 6.5" x 8", Hampstead, nd, to "<I>My dear Norman</B></I>". It reads, "<I>You must do that financial (?) work. I've read it with interest & admiration...I know that one has a use for these things. Oh! I'm just off to bed. I'm ill in my bowels. I feel damnable. Yours,</B></I>". Smoothed folds, light overall toning. Fine condition. Matted in custom wooden frame along with a name plate and a likeness of H.G. Wells. The author of such enduring classics as <I>The Time Machine,</B></I> <I>War of the Worlds</B></I> and <I>The Invisible Man,</B></I> Wells become the first science fiction writer gain a widespread following. He also wrote popular non-fiction as exemplified by his <I>Outline of History</B></I>.
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