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Daedalus, or Science and the Future: A Paper Read to the Heretics, Cambridge on February 4th 1923
by Haldane, J.B.S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. v, 93pp. Original blue cloth with printed paper labels. Near Fine in Very Good original dust jacket. A few spots of toning to cloth, dust-soiling to edges, a few easily-erasable pencil marks in margins. Jacket chipped along head/back panel and at tail, a little foxed, nick in spine. The author's first book, a wide-ranging lecture on technology, ethics, and science that helped inspired Huxley's novel Brave New World.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170319002
- Title
- Daedalus, or Science and the Future: A Paper Read to the Heretics, Cambridge on February 4th 1923
- Author
- Haldane, J.B.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- A Paper Read to the Heretics, Cambridge, on February 4th, 1923 To-Day and To-Morrow Series, transhumanism, utopia, brave new world, huxley
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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