The Croquet Player — H.G. Wells, Viking 1937

The Croquet Player
Written on the eve of global conflict, H. G. Wells presents an allegorical novella combining classic horror conventions with psychological commentary.
The narrative centers on a soft-spoken croquet player who listens to a haunting story from the marshes, revealing modern anxieties about human nature.
This 1937 Viking Press edition provides a notable example of Wells’s late speculative fiction.

#### **Book Details**
* **Author:** H. G. Wells
* **Illustrator:** Clifton Line
* **Publisher:** The Viking Press
* **Binding:** HARDCOVER
* **Edition Points:** First American Edition, 1937. Original dust jacket present with $1.25 publisher price on the front flap.

#### **Condition Report**
* **Overall Grade:** Book: Very Good (VG) / Jacket: Good+ (G+)/Very Good- (VG-)
* **Cover & Spine:** Cloth spine remains clean with distinct black titling block and silver font.  Front board decoration is bright and crisp.  Some light staining along spine gutters and in places on the back board.  Board corners are sharp.
* **Dust Jacket:** Unclipped jacket ($1.25) edge wear and some chipping all around, including at flap folds.  Some small losses around, spine is tanned.  Now protected in a removable archival sleeve.
* **Text Block & Pages:** Lightly age-toned pages; interior remains clean with a decorative period ex-libris bookplate affixed to the front paste-down.
* **Binding:** Tight, square, and structurally sound.

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