HERBERT GEORGE WELLS (1866-1946), five early autograph letters signed during the time when he was applying for a teaching position, 3 of the letters dated 1889, 1890 and 1893, the other 2 letters undated but of a similar period, one undated letter damaged with small part loss but not affecting the signature, together with his autograph C D V, signed for the Scholastic Clerical & Medical Association Ltd dated 1888 + 2 'referees' autograph letters signed, one by W J Collins, undated, on Junior Athenaeum Club, Piccadilly headed notepaper, the other by Horace Royall, dated 1888, the Grammar School, Midhurst headed notepaper (8)