From UCR
For H.G. Wells fans and for sci-fi aficianados all together there's a heartening development out in Riverside, where, through the $10,000 assistance of a noteworthy New York foundation named after a sine qua non antiquarian book collector, the university has added another gem to its fantasy and science fiction collections: a rare, first American edition of 'The Time Machine.' It will be a key addition to the Eaton Collection, described as the world's largest publicly accessible repository of science fiction and related genres. Scholars in the Inland Empire long had hoped to nab the American version of 'Time Machine,' which misspells the author's name and was not used to churn out most versions of the Wells classic. The American version, unlike its better known British cousin, contains added and omitted passages, which will be eagerly scrutinized to learn more about Wells' work. 'Time Machine' is considered by sages to be his finest, introducing the concept of time travel to popular thinking and the term 'time machine' itself into English; it also is a pioneer for the way it roots science fiction in real science and fact. The school says that only 25 repositories in the world possess copies of the American version of 'Time Machine.'
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