1920 THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY VOL 1 AND 2 By H.G. Wells Illus. J.F. Horrabin Very Good History

London: The Waverley Book Company Ltd, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279). J.F. Horrabin. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - The Outline of History was one of the first of Wells' books to be banned in Nazi Germany. Previous owner inscription on FEP. Bumping and scuffing to boards and spine (top and tail), 1.5cm tear to top spine cover. Please see photos as part of condition report 1920 , THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY VOL 1 AND 2 Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind Written with the Advice and Editorial Help of Mr Ernest Barker, Sir H.H. Johnston, Sir E. Ray Lankester and Professor Gilbert Murray By H.G. Wells Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography and autobiography. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and has been called the "father of science fiction." In addition to his fame as a writer, he was prominent in his lifetime as a forward-looking, even prophetic social critic who devoted his literary talents to the development of a progressive vision on a global scale. A futurist, he wrote a number of utopian works and foresaw the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, satellite television and something resembling the World Wide Web. His science fiction imagined time travel, alien invasion, invisibility, and biological engineering before these subjects were common in the genre. Brian Aldiss referred to Wells as the "Shakespeare of science fiction", while Charles Fort called him a "wild talent". Illustrated By: J.F. Horrabin Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: The Waverley Book Company Ltd, London Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279),Pages 780 ISBN: The Outline of History, subtitled either "The Whole Story of Man" or "Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind", is a work by H. G. Wells chronicling the history of the world from the origin of the Earth to the First World War. It appeared in an illustrated version of 24 fortnightly instalments beginning on 22 November 1919 and was published as a single volume in 1920. It sold more than two million copies, was translated into many languages, and had a considerable impact on the teaching of history in institutions of higher education. Wells modeled the Outline on the Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot. SKU: BTETM0001453 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg