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Irvington, NY: Cosmopolitan, 1900. Softcover. Good. Full issue of the magazine from November, 1900. A particularly sought after issue as it contains the first installment of H.G. Wells' "The First Men In The Moon" with illustrations by E. Herring; opening installment of "The Way That He took" by Kipling with illustrations by Gordon R. Grant; "What Communities Lose by the Competitive System" by Jack London (an article that won the $200 Cosmopolitan Prize for pieces on 'Loss by Lack of Cooperation"). 104 pp. plus a section at rear of photographs of notable plays and actors of the day and a large section of ads, most illustrated and a few color tinted, at rear. Tight but good only with chipping about the edges of the wrappers and some staining, light tidemarking outer portions of a good number of pages.

Irvington, New York: Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1900. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This very special issue contains two items of major significance. Jack London's prize-winning "What Communities Lose by the Competitive System" appears here for the first time on pages 58-64. This is immediately followed by Part I of "The First Men in the Moon" by H.G. Wells on pages 65-80. pp. [16] ads, 104, [8] plates, [36] ads, [6] cartoons, [10] ads. The dozens and dozens of illustrated ads, some of which are in color, are nothing short of spectacular, our favorite being the four-page two-color glossy illustrated ad for The "Mobile" Company of America, an early and short-lived automaker located on Kingsland Point at Tarrytown-On-The-Hudson, New York. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A well-preserved copy of this spectacular issue. Woodbridge, London & Tweney [Enlarged Edition] #909..

Irvington-on-the-Hudson, NY: The Cosmopolitan Press, 1901. First Edition. First appearance in the U.S. of Wells's ninth novel, narrating a journey to the moon by a businessman and an eccentric scientist, who encounter a sophisticated civilization of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites," who take them captive underground. The novel was first serialized in The Strand Magazine in the UK (between December, 1900 - August, 1901), though the Strand appearance was illustrated by Claude Shepperson. A primary appearance of this cornerstone work of the genre, scarce in the original wrappers. cf.Wells 18; Barron, Anatomy of Wonder, 3rd Ed., 1-98. Eight quarto issues (24cm); original decorative wrappers; with illustrations by Warwick Goble and Cosmo Rowe. Publication sequence as follows: Vol.XXX, Nos.1-6; Vol.XXXI, Nos.1-2. Some shallow losses to spine on the March, 1901 issue, with faint dampstaining to upper rear wrapper on the April, 1901 issue; Very Good. Remaining issues all show modest wear, gentle… Read More