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Future Shock
by TOFFLER, Alvin
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1970. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver and metallic red on spine; dustjacket; dustjacket; xii,505,[3]pp. A clean, Fine copy in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $8.95, with full-panel Raymond Fletcher quote on rear panel), showing light wear to extremities, a faint, shallow tide-mark to lower rear panel, with a small circular abrasion to upper rear panel, and two diagonal creases to front flap. A pleasing copy of Toffler's best-selling book, discussing the psychological state of individuals and societies, and how massive changes in society can overwhelm and disorient people.
Synopsis
Future Shock is a book written by the sociologist and futurologist Alvin Toffler in 1970. It grew out of an article "The Future as a Way of Life" in Horizon magazine, Summer 1965 issue. The book has sold over 6 million copies and has been widely translated. Future shock is also a term for a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies, introduced by Toffler in his book of the same name.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81264
- Title
- Future Shock
- Author
- TOFFLER, Alvin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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