
The War of the Worlds - Penguin Clothbound Classics (Hardback)
H. G. Wells (author), Brian Aldiss (author of introduction)- 10+ in stock
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
From the planet of war they came to conquer the Earth ...
The night after a shooting star is seen streaking across the sky, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common. Fascinated and exhilarated, the local people approach the mysterious object armed with nothing more than a white flag. But when gruesome alien creatures emerge armed with all-destroying heat-rays, their rashness turns rapidly to fear. As the rays blaze towards them, it soon becomes clear they have no choice but to flee - or die.
The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear ...
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241382707
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 354 g
Dimensions: 204 x 138 x 25 mm
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