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Little Wars: A Game for Boys from Twelve Years of Age to One Hundred and Fifty and for that More Intelligent Sort of Girls who Like Boys’ Games and Books, with an Appendix on Kriegspiel

Author(s):

Wells, H G

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Reading Copy

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

N/A

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

1st Edition

Impression:

1st Impression

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Frank Palmer

Publication Year:

1913

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

041727

Catalogue(s):

£28.70

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First edition, first impression. 112pp, with black and white plate illustrations and line drawings in text. Reddish-brown cloth-covered boards with pictorial onlay on upper panel, cream lettering front and spine. 8vo. This is a very tatty, just abou disbound copy, suitable for reference or rebinding only. The front panel is detached, backstrip absent. Covers worn, rubbed and flaking. Light spotting and marks to pages, which are toned in margins,. Many of the pages and plates are loose and several are creased and/or damaged at edges with some small loss in places (loss not affecting text or images). It lacks one leaf of plate illustrations (that which should appear between pages 62 and 63. but is otherwise complete. For rebinding/restoration only. No returns on this one.

A scarce volume, Little Wars sets out the rules for a game with toy soldiers, devised and written by the novelist H G Wells, with some inspiration from this friend and fellow novelist Jerome K Jerome. Setting out a fairly simple game, involving a toy 4.7 inch gun shooting wooden dowels at the enemy soldiers, the book also hints at some commentary on war and reveals Wells’ stance as a pacifist. Includes illustrations and photographs of the game being played.

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