{"product_id":"mr-belloc-objects-to-the-outline-of-history-h-g-wells-1st-edition","title":"Mr. Belloc Objects to \"The Outline of History\", H. G. Wells — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: London, Watts \u0026amp; Co., 1926\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8vo, pp. vii, 55.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e: Very Good. The volume is firmly bound in its original red cloth boards, though the spine has suffered from considerable sun-fading, leaving the black lettering intact but resting against a tanned background. The boards display minor rubbing to the extremities and a few faint scuffs to the rear panel, yet they remain structurally sound and free from significant bumping. Internally, the text block is pleasingly tight and square. While the preliminary leaves and edges exhibit occasional, faint scattered foxing, the internal pages are otherwise clean, bright, and free from any internal markings or previous ownership signatures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: This is a true first edition, first printing (issued September 1926) in the publisher's original cloth binding, published as part of 'The Forum Series'. The volume is charmingly illustrated with two full-page, black-and-white portrait caricatures of Hilaire Belloc and H. G. Wells, drawn by the celebrated political cartoonist David Low (reproduced by permission of the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurviving copies of the first printing in the original cloth are becoming increasingly uncommon, particularly those that maintain a tight, untorn binding and clean interior pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sharp and spirited literary rebuttal, \u003ci\u003eMr. Belloc Objects to \"The Outline of History\"\u003c\/i\u003e captures a fascinating intellectual feud between two titans of early twentieth-century letters. Following Hilaire Belloc's sustained, critical attack on H. G. Wells's monumental work \u003ci\u003eThe Outline of History, \u003c\/i\u003eoriginally published across several Catholic periodicals, Wells penned this rigorous defence of his evolutionary and historical views. It is a brilliant, incisive, and occasionally biting defence of secular history against Belloc's orthodox Catholic interpretations, offering readers a front-row seat to one of the era's most entertaining ideological clashes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54495858000211,"sku":"4929","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260730_232435.jpg?v=1785934833","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/mr-belloc-objects-to-the-outline-of-history-h-g-wells-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}