1960 Arnold Bennett and H. G. Wells: A Record of a Personal and a Literary Friendship

Description

First Edition, With Dustwrapper

The first edition.

Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.

This charming collection provides a record of the literary and personal relationship of popular authors H. G. Wells and Arnold Bennett, in a friendship that lasted thirty years.

Taken from the Wells Archive at the University of Illinois, this is the second collection to feature Wells' correspondence with another author, with the first presenting his friendship with Henry James.

Edited and introduced by Harris Wilson.

The personal copy of English author and artist, Brian Aldiss, with a note loosely inserted signed by Wendy Aldiss. Known for his science-fiction novels, Aldiss was greatly influence by Wells, becoming vice president of the international group in Wells' honour.