Mr. Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History", H. G. Wells — 1st Edition

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Mr. Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History", H. G. Wells — 1st Edition

Name: Mr. Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History", H. G. Wells — 1st Edition
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Publication: London, Watts & Co., 1926

Formatting: 8vo, pp. vii, 55.

Condition Report: 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.

Catalogue Note: 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 New Statesman).

Surviving 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.

A sharp and spirited literary rebuttal, Mr. Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History" 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 The Outline of History, originally 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.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: H. G. Wells

Book Publisher: Watts & Co.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 62

Book Publication Year: 1926

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: David Low

Book Series: The Forum Series

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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