This is a first US edition copy of The Time Machine, the 1895 dystopian novella by the British author H.
G.
Wells (1866-1946), who wrote a preface specifically for this edition.
86 pages, finely designed and illustrated by the American designer William Addison Dwiggins (1880-1956).
It comes in a slipcase which is in poor condition.
A little bit of the paper has come off the bottom of the spine.
The rest of the book, inside and out, is in perfect condition.