The originally published part-work of 'The War of the Worlds' by HG Wells complete with original illustrations contained in Pearson's Magazine vols 3 and 4 from 1897 (Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Year). Together with volumes 1 and 2 from 1896 giving the first four volumes of this famous publication Specially bound/rebound in half green morocco with gilt tooling and red label. Extremely good condition with no markings, inscriptions or bookplates with all pages complete and tight to binding. See photos.

Given the prominence of 'The War of the Worlds' I have concentrated pictures mainly on this. However there are other stories/articles of interest in the volumes :

Captains Courageous - Rudyard Kipling complete part works 1st/1st
Queen of the Jesters - Max Pemberton complete part works 1st/1st
Tales of the High Seas - Arthur Conan Doyle 1st/1st
A Prince of Jesters - Guy Boothby 1st/1st
The Abbys - H G Wells 1st/1st
The 'Eathen' - Rudyard Kipling 1st/1st
The Vigil of Count Amadeo - Antony Hope 1st/1st

Vol 1 : Artists and their work; the bravest deeds I ever saw (incl 'How William Lord Beresford won the VC' and 'Captain Ronald Campbells' Heroism in the Transvaal by Lt Gen Sir Evelyn Wood VC'; first attempts at photography; Secrets of the courts of Europe - the confidences of an ex-ambassador elicited by Allen Upward (serial); A colonial king - The Earl of Aberdeen, Govenor General of Canada ; A morning on the stock exchange; The Queen's Pets; london's Danger by Cunliffe Hyne; War on the water by George Griffith; Nell Gwyn; Leaders of London society; What it costs to run a great line of steamships; The Shadow of the Greenback by Robert Barr; Gates and Pillars of the Empire - Liverpool illustrated, Glasgow illustrated, Birmingham illustrated; The mountains of valour by Sir Evelyn Wood; What a Bank Holiday costs; The men who will lead if war comes; A wizard of today - Dr William Conrad Rontgen; A heroine in bib and tucker by Winifred Graham; The gorgeous palaces of the Tsar; Curiosities of stained glass windows; How our army is clothed; The money we spend on sport; The soldiers of the Khedive; a peep into penal servitude; A railway above the clouds (central railway, Peru); At the Royal Military Tournament; How London's Gas is made; Rudyard Kipling in India by E K ay Robinson; The successors of the galley slave; etc, etc

Vol 2 : Gates and pillars of the empire - Manchester and Salford illustrated, Sydney and Melbourne illustrated, Calcutta and Bombay illustrated; The best club in England (the House of Commons); The Christopher Columbus of Mars; The Rajah's Treasure by H G Wells; The white slaves of England; The wealthiest of nations; Secrets of the courts of Europe series 2; Swords - how they are made and something about curious ones; Leading lady journalists; A tale of the 'Ticker' A romance of the New York Stock Exchange by Randolf Murray;
In the love god's domain; The Paris exhibition of 1900; The Shah in Shah - his country and his people; Ostrich farming in California; The bands of the British army; The nursery of the British navy; Try China for a holiday; The wives of the Cabinet; Political clubs; Climbing Mont Blanc in a blizzard by Garrett Serviss; Moko or Maori tattooing; Gambling in America; The training of a volunteer; The handwriting of mad people; The Amazons of England by Lady Violet Greville; Ways that are dark - some sketches of poachers and their ways; Life on board a battleship during the manoeuvres; Royal thrones; Tattersalls past and present; How Nelson lost his arm; The most popular of presidents (M Felix Faure, president of France); Harnessing the stars (Grenwich observatory); Some royal artists; An almost unknown land (Nepal) An electric eye; etc, etc

Vol 3 :The Thames Police; How the proceedings of Parliament are recorded; A Royal explorer (Henri Prince of Orleans); Is Palmistry Dependable?; The Native Soldiery of India; The Gobelins - a famous French industry; Artificial Eyes; The Army medical staff and corps and their work; Is the House of Commons necessary?; Curiosities of our coinage; Photography as a fine art; The making of the Bible; The most majestic of mountains; The terrible trades of Sheffield; The Divining Rod; The last hours of a French criminal; Odd musical instruments; Oil and the Oil kings; Teaching the deaf to talk; Fortune telling by cards and otherwise; The King of contortionists; Diamond digging at de Beers; A skeleton factory; etc, etc

Vol 4 : The cleverest of horses; Is length of life increasing?; Stories of the Red Cross; The American Button Craze; Odd uses of electricity; A village of dollmakers; Figure-heads past and present; Queer mourning customs; In a dynamite factory; A mad king's freaks; Sky-scrapers; The training of a dancer; An elephant round-up; All about arsenic; Fancy pianos; By cable from shore to shore; Bonfires; Wonders of the waxwork world; The German postcard craze; I.D.B. Tales of the Diamond Fields; A mile of millionaires; What a man eats, drinks and smokes in a lifetime; Niagara in winter; The tomb of his ancestors by Rudyard Kipling; Shakespeare dethroned; etc, etc

Pearson's Magazine was a monthly periodical that first appeared in Britain in 1896. A US version began publication in 1899. It specialised in speculative literature, political discussion, often of a socialist bent, and the arts. Its contributors included Upton Sinclair, George Bernard Shaw, Maxim Gorky, George Griffith, H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling, Rafael Sabatini, Dornford Yates and E. Phillips Oppenheim, many of whose short stories and novelettes first saw publication in Pearson's.

It was the first British periodical to publish a crossword puzzle, in February 1922.

May be posted in two parcels. Not available to Canada or Cambodia due to weight.