Catalogue of the H.G. Wells Collection in the Bromley Public Libraries

Bromley Public Libraries, London, first edition, 1974. Cloth, 8vo,. xi, 196 pp, ills. 1,290 entries. Catalogue of what is probably the largest collection in Britain devoted to Wells. Most of the entries are annotated. Contents include: Introduction; I The Works of H.G. Wells: ; (a) Collected works; (b) Individual books and articles; (c) Books containing writings by Wells; (d) Introductions and prefaces by Wells. II Bibliographies: Catalogues: Dictionaries. III Biography:; (a) H. G. Wells and family; (è) Obituaries: Tributes: The will; (c) 13 Hanover Terrace; (d) Wells as a character in fiction; (e) People who knew Wells. IV Books and articles relating to Wells, other than biography. V Reviews: (a) Of books by Wells ; (b) Of books about Wells. VI Periodicals. VII Letters: (a) Wells's letters; (b) Letters written by Mrs. Wells on behalf of her husband; (c) Letters by other hands; (d) Correspondence with Dr. Henry Hick and family; (e) Fabian Society : correspondence and papers. VIII Pictorial material: (a) Portraits and photographs of Wells; (b) Cartoons; (c) Picshuas; (d) Places; (e) H. G. Wells Centenary, 21 September, 1966. IX Miscellany. Index of Wells's writings. General index. From the blurb: "The work concludes with two indexes. The first consists of Wells's pseudonyms and the titles of his works, the most comprehensive to have appeared since his death. The second is a name index, chiefly of persons, but also including places, corporate bodies, events, books and periodicals to which Wells contributed, and a few of the subjects upon which he wrote. Covers slightly sunned, otherwise Very Good in slightly marked and sunned dustwrapper.