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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First edition thus. Large quarto (12" x 9-1/2"). xi, (1), 239, (1)pp. Plus 8 unnumbered leaves of color plates by Jean Pierre Targete that were commissioned by The Easton Press especially for this work. Full green leather, lettered & decorated in gilt. A.e.g. Housed in publishers matching green cloth slipcase with large color plate mounted on front cover. Edition limited to 1200 numbered copies, signed by Jean Pierre Targete. A fine, as new copy still in publisher's original shrinkwrap and shipping carton. Note: This classic, illustrated science fiction novel from The Easton Press is now out-of-print. "When a Martian spacecraft lands on Woking Common [in Southern England], mankind is terrorized by aliens in tall, armored capsules which stalk the countryside on three legs. The machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties, and survivors are driven underground. Scientist John Nicholson tells how he was plunged into a paralyzing nightmare of stark terror, savage madness and utter destruction." (OCLC). Targete, Jean Pierre (ilustrador).…